The role of PET in the management of sarcoidosis.

Purpose Of Review: PET has emerged as method to determine the location and extent of disease activity in sarcoidosis. As most clinicians do not routinely utilize PET in the management of sarcoidosis, an understanding of the imaging technique is needed to comprehend the impact that PET abnormalities have on diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment.

Recent Findings: Although PET can detect inflammation because of sarcoidosis throughout the body, it is most often utilized for the diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis for which it may provide information about prognosis and adverse events.

Lung cancer in recipients after lung transplant: single-centre experience and literature review.

Introduction: Lung cancer is a major challenge facing modern medicine. It is the leading cause of cancer-related death in the USA. Little is known of the incidence, prevalence and disease characteristics in lung transplant recipients, a population unique in its vulnerability and exposure to carcinogenic risk factors.

Clinical Impact of Blood Culture Results in Acutely Ill Hospitalized Adult Patients With Cystic Fibrosis.

Background: Blood cultures are obtained clinically to confirm site and source of acute infection as well as to guide effective antibiotic therapies. Patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) are at risk for blood stream infection (BSI) as identified from positive blood culture results.

Methods: A retrospective chart review was performed of 190 adult CF patients from January 1, 2001 through December 1, 2015.