Novel Advances in Diagnostic Work-Up of Respiratory Diseases 2.0
A special issue of Diagnostics (ISSN 2075-4418). This special issue belongs to the section "Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 January 2023) | Viewed by 1645
Special Issue Editor
2. Respiratory Diseases Unit, “Ospedali Riuniti”, Ancona, Italy
Interests: interstitial lung diseases; interventional pulmonology; pleural diseases; chronic obstructive lung diseases; epidemiology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Benign and malignant respiratory diseases have become a global health issue due to the increasing exposure to environmental risk factors as well as the aging of the general population. The huge progresses in the field of respiratory medicine over recent decades have been coupled with outstanding advances in technology, leading to the development of innovative, more accurate, and less invasive diagnostic tools. For example, new, sophisticated guidance systems have been developed and adopted in the practice of interventional pulmonology to approach peripheral pulmonary lesions, and these include navigation technology, confocal microscopy, cone-beam computed tomography, and other tools. Moreover, the ultrasound technique has been increasingly implemented as a diagnostic tool as well as guidance system as it offers the advantage of being nonionizing, faster, and easily available at a patient’s bedside—aspects that have been particularly useful during the COVID-19 pandemic. The main goal of this Special Issue is to provide update on and summarize the innovations in diagnostic approaches for major respiratory diseases, including COVID-19 pneumonia, lung cancer, diffuse parenchymal lung diseases, pleural diseases, chronic obstructive lung diseases, and asthma. Leaders in the different fields are invited to provide comprehensive reviews on these topics.
Prof. Dr. Martina Bonifazi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- innovations
- new diagnostic tools
- guidance systems
- COVID-19 pneumonia
- lung cancer
- diffuse parenchymal lung diseases
- pleural diseases
- interventional pulmonology
- severe asthma
- chronic obstructive lung diseases
