Point: Should nurse practitioners perform transbronchial biopsies? Yes

Affiliations

¹ University of Pennsylvania Lung Transplant Program, Doctor of Nursing Practice Program, Yale University, West Haven, CT. Electronic address: nancy.blumenthal@uphs.upenn.edu.

Nancy P Blumenthal. Chest. 2015 Mar.

. 2015 Mar;147(3):594-595.

doi: 10.1378/chest.14-2838.

¹ University of Pennsylvania Lung Transplant Program, Doctor of Nursing Practice Program, Yale University, West Haven, CT. Electronic address: nancy.blumenthal@uphs.upenn.edu.

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Comment in

Rebuttal from Drs Pastis and Strange.
Pastis NJ Jr, Strange CB. Pastis NJ Jr, et al. Chest. 2015 Mar;147(3):598-9. doi: 10.1378/chest.14-2841. Chest. 2015. PMID: 25732444 No abstract available.
In Defense of Medical Education.
Failla PJ. Failla PJ. Chest. 2015 Aug;148(2):e59. doi: 10.1378/chest.15-0716. Chest. 2015. PMID: 26238841 No abstract available.
Performing Pulmonary Interventions: Pulmonologist or Pulmonary Interventionist.
Sehgal IS, Agarwal R. Sehgal IS, et al. Chest. 2015 Aug;148(2):e59-e60. doi: 10.1378/chest.15-0589. Chest. 2015. PMID: 26238842 No abstract available.
Response.
Blumenthal NP. Blumenthal NP. Chest. 2015 Aug;148(2):e60-e61. doi: 10.1378/chest.15-0801. Chest. 2015. PMID: 26238843 No abstract available.