Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine 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. Latest Videos See All Center volume and hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia Vivek N. Iyer, M.D., with Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, discusses a study of patients with the rare disease hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. A new future for cystic fibrosis Cystic fibrosis is one of the most common genetically transmitted diseases, causing repeated infections that lead to lung failure. Gene is linked to lung cancer development in never smokers A five-center collaborative study that scanned the genomes of thousands of "never smokers" diagnosed with lung cancer as well as healthy never smokers has found a gene they say could be responsible for a significant number of those cancers. Clinical Trials See All A Study to Compare Transverse Diagnostic Methods in Pediatric Patients After Polysomnogram for Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep ApneaRochester, Minn.A Study of Inhaled RVT-1601 for the Treatment of Persistent Cough in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)Rochester, Minn.A Study to Assess Physician Preferences for Electronic Chart Review and Historical Information Needs for New Patient Encounters in the ICURochester, Minn. Publications PRINT EDITION See the latest edition plus past issues E-NEWSLETTER EDITION See the latest edition plus past issues More News 1 The gut-lung axis: Intestinal microbiota and inflammatory lung disease 2 Regenerative medicine in lung diseases 3 Mayo Clinic on the path to personalization of mechanical ventilation 4 Update on ICU sedation 5 Home sleep apnea test simplifies diagnosing obstructive sleep apnea Medical Professionals Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine