EBUS-TBNA with ROSE-Tinted Spectacles?

EBUS-TBNA with ROSE-tinted spectacles?

Tuberculosis through the rose tinted spectacles of the EBUS endoscopist: be aware of the bias.

I read with interest the article on the utility of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) in tuberculous intrathoracic lymphadenopathy by Navani et al. EBUS-TBNA has been validated for the assessment of mediastinal nodes in lung cancer and to obtain a diagnosis in (presumed) centrally located lung cancer or sarcoidosis. In addition to a recent report, the s...

Rose-Tinted Ecology

PLoS Biology | http://biology.plosjournals.org This important book relates much the most optimistic treatise on conservation that I have ever read: many would say naively optimistic. I should say from the outset that I genuinely fear that Michael Rosenzweig’s theories and examples are less broadly applicable than he argues. And yet I want to believe that he is right. If he is right, the conserv...

Severe Pneumomediastinum Complicating EBUS-TBNA

To the Editor: Pneumomediastinum infrequently complicates diagnostic bronchoscopy. Increased airway or alveolar pressure results in air leaks to the mediastinum through existing or induced defects. Excessive cough, recurrent episodes of increased abdominal pressure, vomiting, or sneezing can all induce spontaneous pneumomediastinum. Less commonly it has been documented with lung or neck infecti...

EBUS-TBNA: A Decade of Progress

Roberto F Casal1*, Donald R Lazarus2, Georgie A Eapen1 and Kazuhiro Yasufuku3 1Department of Pulmonary Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA 2Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA 3Division of Thoracic Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada *Corr...