[HTML][HTML] Transbronchial lung cryobiopsy in the diagnosis of fibrotic interstitial lung diseases

…, E Carretta, P Tantalocco, S Piciucchi, C Ravaglia… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background Histology is a key element for the multidisciplinary diagnosis of fibrotic diffuse
parenchymal lung diseases (f-DPLD) when the clinical-radiological picture is nondiagnostic. …

Safety and diagnostic yield of transbronchial lung cryobiopsy in diffuse parenchymal lung diseases: a comparative study versus video-assisted thoracoscopic lung …

C Ravaglia, M Bonifazi, AU Wells, S Tomassetti… - Respiration, 2016 - karger.com
Background: A diagnosis of interstitial lung diseases (ILDs) may include surgical lung biopsy
(SLB), which is associated with significant morbidity and mortality and also appreciable …

Bronchoscopic lung cryobiopsy increases diagnostic confidence in the multidisciplinary diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

…, M Buccioli, P Tantalocco, C Ravaglia… - American journal of …, 2016 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Surgical lung biopsy is often required for a confident multidisciplinary diagnosis
of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Alternative, less-invasive biopsy methods, such as …

Transbronchial cryobiopsies for the diagnosis of diffuse parenchymal lung diseases: expert statement from the cryobiopsy working group on safety and utility and a …

J Hetzel, F Maldonado, C Ravaglia, AU Wells… - Respiration, 2018 - karger.com
Transbronchial cryobiopsies (TBCB) have recently been introduced as a promising and safer
alternative to surgical lung biopsy in the diagnostic approach to diffuse parenchymal lung …

The impact of lung cancer on survival of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

…, C Gurioli, JH Ryu, PA Decker, C Ravaglia… - Chest, 2015 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND Lung cancer (LC) is frequently associated with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
(IPF). Despite this well-known association, the outcome of LC in patients with IPF is unclear…

Common cardiovascular risk factors and in-hospital mortality in 3,894 patients with COVID-19: survival analysis and machine learning-based findings from the …

…, R Pizzi, V Poletti, F Raffaelli, C Ravaglia… - Nutrition, Metabolism …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background and aims There is poor knowledge on characteristics, comorbidities and
laboratory measures associated with risk for adverse outcomes and in-hospital mortality in …

Prolonged low-dose methylprednisolone in patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia

…, S Tomassetti, C Ravaglia… - Open forum …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background In hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia,
progression to acute respiratory failure requiring invasive mechanical ventilation (MV) is …

[HTML][HTML] Heparin in COVID-19 patients is associated with reduced in-hospital mortality: the multicenter Italian CORIST study

…, B Pinchera, V Poletti, C Ravaglia… - Thrombosis and …, 2021 - thieme-connect.com
Introduction A hypercoagulable condition was described in patients with coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19) and proposed as a possible pathogenic mechanism contributing to …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnostic yield and risk/benefit analysis of trans-bronchial lung cryobiopsy in diffuse parenchymal lung diseases: a large cohort of 699 patients

C Ravaglia, AU Wells, S Tomassetti, C Gurioli… - BMC pulmonary …, 2019 - Springer
Background Standardization of trans-bronchial lung cryobiopsy in diffuse parenchymal lung
diseases is imminent; however, the majority of published series on cryobiopsy include a …

Clinical, radiological and pathological findings in patients with persistent lung disease following SARS-CoV-2 infection

C Ravaglia, C Doglioni, M Chilosi… - European …, 2022 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Some patients experience pulmonary sequelae after SARS-CoV-2 infection, ranging from
self-limited abnormalities to major lung diseases. Morphological analysis of lung tissue may …