Scholars@Duke
Coral Xantia Giovacchini

Coral Xantia Giovacchini

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine

Selected Publications

High Yield of Pleural Cell-Free DNA for Diagnosis of Oncogenic Mutations in Lung Adenocarcinoma.

Journal Article Chest · July 2023 BACKGROUND: Pleural cytology is currently used to assess targetable mutations in patients with advanced lung adenocarcinoma. However, it is fraught with low diagnostic yield. RESEARCH QUESTION: Can pleural cell-free DNA (cfDNA) be used to assess targetable ... Full text Link to item Cite

Bronchoalveolar Lavage (BAL) and Pathologic Assessment of Electronic Cigarette or Vaping Product Use-associated Lung Injury (EVALI): The EVALI-BAL Study, A Multicenter Cohort.

Journal Article J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol · April 1, 2023 BACKGROUND: E-cigarette or vaping-use related acute lung injury (EVALI) is a spectrum of radiographic and histologic patterns consistent with acute to subacute lung injury. However, limited data exist characterizing bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) findings. T ... Full text Link to item Cite

Interventional Pulmonology Productivity, Compensation, and Practice Benchmarks: The AABIP 2022 Report.

Journal Article J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol · April 1, 2023 BACKGROUND: Interventional pulmonology (IP) is a growing field that has not yet been recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties or incorporated into national benchmark organizations. As a result, there is a lack of data on IP practice patterns ... Full text Link to item Cite

Electronic Cigarettes: A Pro-Con Review of the Current Literature.

Journal Article J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract · November 2022 Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes, e-cigs, or electronic nicotine delivery systems) are battery-operated devices typically containing glycerol and/or propylene glycol-based solutions with varying nicotine content, known as e-liquids. Although e-cigarette ... Full text Link to item Cite

Meta-analysis and Systematic Review of Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction Through Endobronchial Valves in Severe Emphysema.

Journal Article J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol · July 1, 2022 BACKGROUND: Pharmacologic therapeutics for advanced emphysema have limited benefit. Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction with endobronchial valves (EBVs) have reported improvements in lung function, breathlessness, and quality of life through randomized cli ... Full text Link to item Cite

Comparison of Forceps, Cryoprobe, and Thoracoscopic Lung Biopsy for the Diagnosis of Interstitial Lung Disease - The CHILL Study.

Journal Article Respiration · 2022 RATIONALE: Transbronchial lung cryobiopsy (TBLC) has emerged as a less invasive method to obtain a tissue diagnosis in patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD). The diagnostic yield of TBLC compared to surgical lung biopsy (SLB) remains uncertain. OBJ ... Full text Link to item Cite

Immunofibrotic drivers of impaired lung function in postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Journal Article JCI Insight · July 22, 2021 BACKGROUNDIndividuals recovering from COVID-19 frequently experience persistent respiratory ailments, which are key elements of postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC); however, little is known about the underlying biological factors that may dir ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Pilot Study of the Performance of 19-G Needle in Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Transbronchial Aspiration for the Diagnosis and Testing of Molecular Markers in Lung Cancer.

Journal Article J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol · July 1, 2021 BACKGROUND: Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) has become the standard for diagnosis and staging of lung cancer. Historically, 21- and 22-G needles have been paired with EBUS. We evaluated the performance of EBUS-T ... Full text Link to item Cite

Operator Perception of a Single-Use Flexible Bronchoscope: Comparison With Current Standard Bronchoscopes.

Journal Article Respir Care · November 2020 BACKGROUND: Single-use flexible bronchoscopes have gained popularity in recent years for various advantages over the traditional reusable bronchoscope. There are several commercially available disposable bronchoscopes; however, all have limitations compare ... Full text Link to item Cite

Hypercapnia in Advanced Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Secondary Analysis of the National Emphysema Treatment Trial.

Journal Article Chronic Obstr Pulm Dis · October 2020 RATIONALE: Hypercapnia develops in one third of patients with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Multiple factors in COPD are thought to contribute to the development of hypercapn ... Full text Link to item Cite

Electronic Cigarettes: A Role in Smoking Cessation?

Journal Article Am J Respir Crit Care Med · August 15, 2020 Full text Link to item Cite

EBUS-FNA cytologic-histologic correlation of PD-L1 immunohistochemistry in non-small cell lung cancer.

Journal Article J Am Soc Cytopathol · 2020 INTRODUCTION: Immune checkpoint pathway markers induce immune tolerance to non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Therapeutic antibodies targeting the programmed cell death 1 (PD-1)/programmed cell death ligand 1 (PD-L1) pathway have demonstrated efficacy in ... Full text Link to item Cite

Clinical and radiographic predictors of successful therapeutic bronchoscopy for the relief of malignant central airway obstruction.

Journal Article BMC Pulm Med · November 21, 2019 BACKGROUND: Malignant central airway obstruction (CAO) occurs in approximately 20-30% of patients with lung cancer and is associated with debilitating symptoms and poor prognosis. Multimodality therapeutic bronchoscopy can relieve malignant CAO, though car ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Titrating Oxygen Requirements During Exercise: Evaluation of a Standardized Single Walk Test Protocol.

Journal Article Chest · April 2018 BACKGROUND: Oxygen supplementation for exercise-induced hypoxemia is a common clinical practice that improves exercise tolerance. However, we know of no standardized exercise oxygen titration protocol using a single walk test. We report our experience with ... Full text Link to item Cite

Elective Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Resection of Endotracheal Tumor: A Case Report.

Journal Article A A Case Rep · August 15, 2017 We present a case in which we electively used venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VV-ECMO) to facilitate safe resection of a nearly obstructing airway tumor near the carina in a 37-year-old male. The patient was brought to the operating room an ... Full text Link to item Cite

Use and Perceived Risk of Electronic Cigarettes Among North Carolina Middle and High School Students.

Conference N C Med J · 2017 PURPOSE: Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use continues to rise among adolescents, but little is known regarding their risk perceptions of e-cigarette use. We aimed to describe the lifetime use and perceived risk of e-cigarette use in the context of othe ... Full text Link to item Cite

Diving-related injuries in children <20 years old treated in emergency departments in the United States: 1990-2006.

Journal Article Pediatrics · August 2008 OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this work was to comprehensively examine diving-related injuries in the United States among children and adolescents <20 years of age. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective analysis of diving-related injury data from the National ... Full text Link to item Cite