Transbronchial Cryobiopsy Is Superior to Forceps Biopsy for Diagnosing both Fibrotic and Non-Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Diseases.

Background: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) evaluation often requires lung biopsy for definite diagnosis. In recent years, transbronchial cryobiopsy (TBCB) emerged as a procedure with higher diagnostic yield than transbronchial forceps biopsy (TBFB), especially for fibrotic ILDs. Nonetheless, studies comparing these modalities in non-fibrotic ILDs and for specific ILD diagnoses are scarce.

Intellectually disabled patients' intensive care admission characteristics, weaning from mechanical ventilation, and sedative drug use: a single-center retrospective case-control study.

Background: Intellectually disabled (ID) patients present unique therapeutic challenges. We aimed to describe the characteristics of ID patients admitted to a general intensive care unit (ICU).

Results: We conducted a retrospective cohort study comparing critically ill adult ID patients to matched patients without ID (1:2 ratio) in a single ICU (2010-2020).

Psychiatric patients' intensive care admission characteristics, weaning from mechanical ventilation and sedative drug use: A single center retrospective case-control study.

Purpose: To describe the characteristics, treatment and outcome, in particular weaning from mechanical ventilation (MV), of critically ill Patients with prior psychiatric conditions (PPC).

Methods: Single center, 6-year, retrospective study comparing critically ill PPC to randomly sex and age matched cohort without PPC (1:1 ratio). Main outcome measure- adjusted mortality rates.