Publications by authors named "V Damaraju"
Article Synopsis
- - The study evaluates lung cancer screening using low-dose CT scans in countries with high tuberculosis rates, focusing on the screen-positive rate (SPR) while addressing concerns about false positives from previous TB infections.
- - The analysis included 44 studies with nearly 477,424 participants, finding an overall SPR of 18.36% and a lung cancer detection rate (LCDR) of 0.94%; NLST criteria resulted in a significantly higher SPR compared to Lung-RADS.
- - The findings suggest that lung cancer screening with LDCT in high tuberculosis-burden countries has similar SPR and LCDR rates to areas with lower TB rates, recommending Lung-RADS criteria to reduce false positives.
Bronchial Valves for Persistent Air Leak: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol
July 2024
Background: Patients with persistent air leak (PAL) pose a therapeutic challenge to physicians, with prolonged hospital stays and high morbidity. There is little evidence on the efficacy and safety of bronchial valves (BV) for PAL.
Methods: We systematically searched the PubMed and Embase databases to identify studies evaluating the efficacy and safety of BV for PAL.