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A 46-year-old man with dyspnea and left diaphragm paralysis

Diab, Khalil; Snook, Riley J.; Farber, Mark (2019-02-13)

A 46-year-old man was referred because of increasing shortness of breath. His symptoms started 1 year prior after he fell while working in Iraq as a contractor. Progressively increasing shortness of breath developed on ...
A 62-year-old man with hypotension and a large chest fluid collection

Diab, Khalil; Wolf, Karen M. (2019-02-13)

A 62-year-old man was admitted with increased shortness of breath and a cough associated with yellowish sputum production. His symptoms had been progressively worsening over weeks. Pertinent symptoms at presentation included ...
A 75-year-old female with hemoptysis and recurrent respiratory infections

Diab, Khalil; Baker, Mary S. (2019-02-13)

This paper describes the case of a 75-year-old female who presented with significant hemoptysis over a 7–10 day period. She had a history of a left lower lobectomy 10 years prior for a “lung abscess.” She subsequently had ...
An 81-Year-Old Man With Lactic Acidosis, Refractory Hypoglycemia, and Lymphocytosis

Diab, Khalil; Knox, Kenneth S.; Hage, Chadi A. (2019-02-13)

An 81-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for refractory hypoglycemia, metabolic acidosis, unexplained lymphocytosis, and significant weight loss. The patient was known to have non–insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, ...
Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration use for subclassification and genotyping of lung non-small-cell carcinoma

Diab, Khalil; Raad, Samih; Hanna, Nasser; Jalal, Shadia; Bendaly, Edmond; Zhang, Chen; Nuguru, Shashank; Oueini, Houssam (2019-05-02)

OBJECTIVES:Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is the primary method for the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer. The purpose of this study was to assess the yield of EBUS-TBNA in ...
Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration Use for Subclassification and Genotyping of Lung Non-Small-Cell Carcinoma

Diab, Khalil; Raad, Samih; Hanna, Nasser; Jalal, Shadia; Bendaly, Edmond; Zhang, Chen; Nuguru, Shashank; Oueini, Houssam (2019-04-18)

OBJECTIVES:Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) is the primary method for the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer. The purpose of this study was to assess the yield of EBUS-TBNA in ...
Indwelling pleural catheters in hepatic hydrothorax

Diab, Khalil; Kniese, Christopher; Ghabril, Marwan; Bosslet, Gabriel (2019-02-13)

Background Treatment of hepatic hydrothorax (HH) generally involves sodium restriction, diuretics, and serial thoracentesis. In more advanced cases, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt and liver transplantation ...
Negative pressure pulmonary hemorrhage

Diab, Khalil; Noor, Aliya (2019-04-18)

Negative pressure pulmonary edema is a well-described complication of acute upper airway obstruction. It occurs as a result of a markedly negative intrathoracic pressure generated by forced inspiration against a closed ...
A patient with severe hypoxia secondary to a large iatrogenic pulmonary artery to pulmonary vein fistula

Diab, Khalil; Cucci, Anthony; Kukreja, Sandeep; Gupta, Rajat (2019-02-13)

Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations are uncommon communications between the pulmonary arteries and veins, most commonly associated with hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia. They can also be associated with a variety ...
Pneumomediastinum and pneumoperitoneum caused by tracheostomy displacement

Diab, Khalil; Jana, Muhammad Y.; Kniese, Christopher M. (2019-02-13)
Reduction of laboratory utilization in the intensive care unit

Diab, Khalil; Eliott, Rachel; Raad, Samih; Dickerson, Evan (2019-02-13)

Objective: In our academic intensive care unit (ICU), there is excess ordering of routine laboratory tests. This is partially due to a lack of transparency of laboratory-processing costs and to the admission order plans ...
Undetected lymph node metastases in presumed early stage NSCLC SABR patients

Diab, Khalil; Cerra-Franco, Alberto; Lautenschlaeger, Tim (2019-02-13)

Introduction: Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT, also called stereotactic ablative body radiation SABR) is the treatment of choice for many patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), including ...

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