Description
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.- Covers all the latest interventional pulmonology procedures, including advanced diagnostic studies, endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS), navigational bronchoscopy, rigid bronchoscopy, use of airway ablation therapy, debulking of tumors, cryotherapy, and insertion of airway stents.- Uses a consistent, easy-to-follow format for procedures: Definition, Pre-procedural preparation, Procedural techniques, Precautions and caveats, Complications, Evidence, and Summary.- Provides superb visual guidance on IP procedures with step-by-step photos, anatomic drawings, imaging studies and videos for selected procedures.- Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
Table of Contents
1 IntroductionSECTION 1 Advanced Diagnostic Bronchoscopy Procedures2 Linear Endobronchial Ultrasound3 Radial Endobronchial Ultrasound4 Electromagnetic Navigation Bronchoscopy5 Transbronchial Cryobiopsy for Diffuse Lung DiseasesSECTION 2 Therapeutic Bronchoscopy Procedures6 Rigid Bronchoscopy7 Mechanical Debridement8 Rapid Ablative Techniques9 Delayed Ablation Techniques:Photodynamic Therapy and Cryotherapy10 Stent Placement11 The Endoscopic Application of Medication to the Airway12 Bronchial Thermoplasty13 Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction14 Multimodality Approach to Malignant Airway Obstruction15 Multimodality Approach to Benign Central Airway ObstructionSECTION 3 Pleural Disease16 Chest Tubes and Indwelling Pleural Catheters17 Medical ThoracoscopySECTION 4 Additional IP Topics18 Percutaneous Tracheostomy19 How to Start an Interventional Pulmonology ProgramIndex
