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• Navigational Bronchoscopy or Transthoracic Needle Biopsy for Lung Nodules June 5, 2025
  In this randomized trial, biopsy of indeterminate pulmonary lesions with navigational bronchoscopy was noninferior to that with transthoracic needle biopsy and led to fewer complications.
  Robert J. Lentz, Katherine Frederick-Dyer, Virginia B. Planz, Tatsuki Koyama, Matthew C. Aboudara, Sameer K. Avasarala, Jonathan D. Casey, George Z. Cheng, Pierre-François D’Haese, Jennifer D. Duke, Eric L. Grogan, Todd C. Hoopman, Joyce Johnson, James M. Katsis, Jonathan S. Kurman, See-Wei Low, Kamran Mahmood, Otis B. Rickman, Lance Roller, Cristina Salmon, Samira Shojaee, Briana Swanner, Momen M. Wahidi, Charla Walston, Gerard A. Silvestri, Lonny Yarmus, Najib M. Rahman, Fabien Maldonado, the Interventional Pulmonary Outcomes Group*
• Biopsy of Peripheral Lung Nodules — Inside Out or Outside In? June 5, 2025
  Pulmonary nodules are detected in more than 1.5 million U.S. residents every year. Nodules are identified incidentally on at least 20% of all diagnostic chest computed tomographic (CT) scans and are found even more commonly on screening low-dose CT scans. Most lung nodules are harmless. However, approximately 5% of nodules...
  Michael K. Gould
• Case 15-2025: A 52-Year-Old Man with Fever, Nausea, and Respiratory Failure May 29, 2025
  A 52-year-old man was evaluated in a hospital in Argentina for fever and hypoxemic respiratory failure. Imaging showed pulmonary opacities, and the hematocrit was 56.9%. A diagnosis was made.
  Martín Hunter, Ignacio Lopez Saubidet, Tomás Amerio, Maria V. Leone