Practical Guide to Interventional Pulmonology

Concise, current, and evidence-based, Practical Guide to Interventional Pulmonology provides authoritative guidance on basic and advanced interventional pulmonology (IP) procedures and state-of-the-art technologies. Leading IP experts offer detailed, practical tips on everything from, how to start an IP practice, patient selection, and pre-procedural decision making to practical approaches and alternate therapies such as surgery or radiation. This one-stop manual covers all the latest IP procedures and their efficacy, precautions, safety aspects, complications, and step-by-step illustrated techniques and tips in one convenient volume.

Περιεχόμενα:

1 Introduction
SECTION 1 Advanced Diagnostic Bronchoscopy Procedures
2 Linear Endobronchial Ultrasound
3 Radial Endobronchial Ultrasound
4 Electromagnetic Navigation Bronchoscopy
5 Transbronchial Cryobiopsy for Diffuse Lung Diseases
SECTION 2 Therapeutic Bronchoscopy Procedures
6 Rigid Bronchoscopy
7 Mechanical Debridement
8 Rapid Ablative Techniques
9 Delayed Ablation Techniques:Photodynamic Therapy and Cryotherapy
10 Stent Placement
11 The Endoscopic Application of Medication to the Airway
12 Bronchial Thermoplasty
13 Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction
14 Multimodality Approach to Malignant Airway Obstruction
15 Multimodality Approach to Benign Central Airway Obstruction
SECTION 3 Pleural Disease
16 Chest Tubes and Indwelling Pleural Catheters
17 Medical Thoracoscopy
SECTION 4 Additional IP Topics
18 Percutaneous Tracheostomy
19 How to Start an Interventional Pulmonology Program