Diagnostic complexity and potentially avoidable invasive procedures before the recognition of pneumoconiosis
Serhat Özgün, Adem Koyuncu, Gülden Sarı, Rabia Ezber, Mücahid Alp Arslan, Ceprail Şimşek · 2026
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Description
Serhat Özgün leads a 2026 study of hard diagnoses and possibly needless invasive tests before pneumoconiosis is recognised. Dust lung disease is often mistaken at first for cancer or infection because scans look alike. Records covered 121 patients from 2021 to 2025 who had invasive tests before dust disease was considered.
Work exposure, scan patterns, and decision paths were reviewed alongside test results and harms. Scan patterns tied to cancer or infection strongly linked to invasive testing. Greater scan burden linked to worse lung function, with a P value below 0.001. Working diagnoses often failed to match invasive findings. The authors argue earlier attention to job history could spare patients risky procedures.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Serhat Özgün, Adem Koyuncu, Gülden Sarı, Rabia Ezber, Mücahid Alp Arslan, Ceprail Şimşek |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 47380 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |