Ultrasound imaging has gained importance in pulmonary medicine over the last decades
including conventional transcutaneous ultrasound (TUS), endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), and …

Background Since their introduction, both linear and radial endobronchial ultrasound
(EBUS) have become an integral component of the practice of Pulmonology and Thoracic …

Tuberculosis (TB) remains a serious global public health problem in the present. TB also
affects other sites (extrapulmonary tuberculosis, EPTB), and accounts for a significant …

Traditional conscious sedation for endobronchial ultrasound procedures places patients at
risk of desaturation, and high‐flow nasal oxygen may reduce the risk. We designed a …

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Early
diagnosis and treatment are key to prevent Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission …

Endobronchial ultrasound‐guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS‐TBNA) is the
commonly used technique for pathological confirmation of clinically suspected sarcoidosis …

Background and Objective. EBUS‐TBNA has revolutionized the diagnostic approach to
thoracic diseases from a surgical to minimally invasive procedure. In non small‐cell lung …

The field of bronchoscopy is advancing rapidly. Minimally invasive diagnostic approaches
are replacing more aggressive surgical ones for the diagnosis and staging of lung cancer …

Mediastinal lymphadenopathy is a condition in which one or more mediastinal lymph nodes
are enlarged for malignant or benign causes, generally more than 10 mm. For a long time …

Background Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-
TBNA) is widely used to perform mediastinal lymph node sampling. However, little …