Seattle Area Chest Grand Rounds

66 yr old woman w/ increasing dyspnea x 1 month - Michael Bundesmann, MD

Chest. 1997 Jan;111(1):252-3. Lung abscess caused by Legionella micdadei. Johnson KM, Huseby JS.

Intern Med. 2002 Feb;41(2):133-7. Rapidly expanding lung abscess caused by Legionella pneumophila in immunocompromised patients: a report of two cases. Miyara T, Tokashiki K, Shimoji T, Tamaki K, Koide M, Saito A.

J Clin Microbiol. 1992 Feb;30(2):512-3. Abscess and empyema caused by Legionella micdadei. Halberstam M, Isenberg HD, Hilton E.

Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2005 Dec;26(6):625-34. Legionellosis. Pedro-Botet ML, Sabrià M.

The partison police - Christopher Seymour, MD

AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2003 May;180(5):1251-4. Reversed halo sign on high-resolution CT of cryptogenic organizing pneumonia: diagnostic implications. Kim SJ, Lee KS, Ryu YH, Yoon YC, Choe KO, Kim TS, Sung KJ.

Arch Intern Med. 2001 Jan 22;161(2):158-64. Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia. Epler GR.

Chest. 1995 Jul;108(1):271-7. Idiopathic bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia. An acute and life-threatening syndrome. Nizami IY, Kissner DG, Visscher DW, Dubaybo BA.

66 yr old woman w/ increasing dyspnea x 1 month - Michael Bundesmann, MD

Clin Chest Med. 2006 Jun;27(2):309-19. The undiagnosed pleural effusion. Light RW.

Chest. 2005 Mar;127(3):1017-22. Predictors of pleural malignancy in patients with pleural effusion undergoing thoracoscopy. Ferrer J, Roldán J, Teixidor J, Pallisa E, Gich I, Morell F.

J Thromb Haemost. 2006 Apr;4(4):724-31. Diagnosis and management of subsegmental pulmonary embolism. Le Gal G, Righini M, Parent F, van Strijen M, Couturaud F.

Lung Cancer. 2006 Oct;54(1):1-9. Epub 2006 Aug 7. Malignant pleural effusion, current and evolving approaches for its diagnosis and management. Neragi-Miandoab S.

Radiology. 2006 Jul;240(1):246-55. Epub 2006 May 9. Incidental pulmonary emboli in oncology patients: prevalence, CT evaluation, and natural history. Gladish GW, Choe DH, Marom EM, Sabloff BS, Broemeling LD, Munden RF.

AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2007 Jul;189(1):162-70. Prevalence and significance of asymptomatic venous thromboembolic disease found on oncologic staging CT. Cronin CG, Lohan DG, Keane M, Roche C, Murphy JM.

N Engl J Med. 2003 Jul 10;349(2):146-53.
Low-molecular-weight heparin versus a coumarin for the prevention of recurrent venous thromboembolism in patients with cancer. Lee AY, Levine MN, Baker RI, Bowden C, Kakkar AK, Prins M, Rickles FR, Julian JA, Haley S, Kovacs MJ, Gent M; Randomized Comparison of Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin versus Oral Anticoagulant Therapy for the Prevention of Recurrent Venous Thromboembolism in Patients with Cancer (CLOT) Investigators.

62 year old man with bilateral infiltrates following a v-fib arrest - Brad Glavan, MD

Chest. 2001 Jul;120(1):126-31. Alveolar hemorrhage as a complication of treatment with abciximab. Kalra S, Bell MR, Rihal CS.

J Interv Cardiol. 2006 Aug;19(4):356-63. Alveolar hemorrhage: an underdiagnosed complication of treatment with glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors. Iskandar SB, Kasasbeh ES, Mechleb BK, Garcia I, Jackson A, Fahrig S, Albalbissi K, Henry PD

How low can you go - Sam Nadler, MD

Articles to be announced.

53 year old woman w/ chronic cough and intermittent hemoptysis - Brad Glavan, MD

Eur Respir J. 2006 Dec;28(6):1204-10. Nontuberculous mycobacteria in bronchiectasis: Prevalence and patient characteristics. Fowler SJ, French J, Screaton NJ, Foweraker J, Condliffe A, Haworth CS, Exley AR, Bilton D.

Clin Exp Immunol. 2007 Dec;150(3):460-8. Multiple Mycobacterium antigens induce interferon-gamma production from sarcoidosis peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Carlisle J, Evans W, Hajizadeh R, Nadaf M, Shepherd B, Ott RD, Richter K, Drake W.