Jiaxing Xie

TL;DR: Hematologic and immunologic impairment showed a significantly different profile between survivors and non-survivors in COVID-19 patients with different severity, and a multivariate Cox regression model suggested that restored levels of lymphocytes, eosinophils and platelets could serve as the predictors for the recovery, while progressive increases in neutrophils, basophil and IL-6 were associated with fatal outcome.

TL;DR: Cough is the most common symptom in respiratory specialist clinics of tertiary hospitals and outpatient clinics of primary health care facilities in China and is often misdiagnosed as chronic bronchitis or chronic pharyngitis.

TL;DR: Surgical lung biopsy is especially recommended in patients with clinical information indicative but atypical of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, whereas the benefit of surgical lungBiopsy should be carefully balanced against the risk for patients with immunocompromised status, mechanical ventilation dependence, or severe respiratory dysfunction.

TL;DR: Primary pulmonary cryptococcosis was found mainly in immunocompetent patients aged <50 years without preexisting lung disease and treatment with a complete course of fluconazole and/or other antifungal agents can achieve favorable outcome.

TL;DR: VATS is a safe and effective procedure for the diagnosis of ILD which were unclassified after routine evaluation, transbronchial lung biopsy and consultation with pulmonologist, radiologist and pathologist.