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Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine

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Featured News

April 19, 2019

Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction therapy approved for severe emphysema

Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction has emerged as a potential alternative to lung volume reduction surgery and a less invasive method by which to achieve lung volume reduction in patients with emphysema and hyperinflation.

Oct. 15, 2019

Management of fibrosing mediastinitis

Specialists at Mayo Clinic have used off-label rituximab to treat nearly 30 patients with fibrosing mediastinitis successfully. Disease progression was almost universally halted and two-thirds of the patients improved symptomatically.

Oct. 15, 2019

Pediatric sleep medicine integrates with multidisciplinary clinics to facilitate communication and treatment

Mayo Clinic's Center for Sleep Medicine team provides multidisciplinary care for children in special populations or with medically complex needs.

Oct. 15, 2019

Ion robotic bronchoscopy system the focus of a multicenter trial

Mayo Clinic has joined five other medical centers to conduct a multicenter trial, enrolling 300 patients to prospectively evaluate the use of a robotic bronchoscopy system.