Interventions in Pulmonary Medicine

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Da̕z-Jimenez, Jose Pablo. (Editor), Rodriguez, Alicia N. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology, Medical.; Critical care medicine.; Pneumology.; Oncology.; Surgery.; Medicine & Public Health.; Pneumology/Respiratory System.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.; Imaging / Radiology.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6009-1

Interventions in Pulmonary Medicine is an important new volume that addresses all areas of interventional pulmonology, a minimally invasive endoscopic way to diagnose and treat lung disorders. This volume contains dedicated chapters that outline the many issues related to lung cancer, both in early...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Section I. Basic endoscopy
• 1. Tracheobronchial Anatomy
• 2. Flexible Bronchoscopy
• 3. Rigid Bronchoscopy
• 4. Anesthesia for Interventional Bronchoscopic Procedures
• 5. Evaluating Outcomes After Interventional Procedures
• 6. Bronchoscopy Education: New Insights
• Section II. Tracheobronchial obstructions
• 7. Reopening The Airway: Fast Methods <U+0013> Laser Assisted Mechanical Resection, Electrocautery and Argon Plasma Coagulation
• 8. Cryotherapy
• 9. Endobronchial Brachytherapy: Concept, Indications, Technique and Outcomes
• 10. Photodynamic Therapy for Early and Advanced Lung Cancer
• 11. Benign Tracheal And Bronchial Stenosis
• 12. Endobronchial Prosthesis
• Section III. Lung cancer diagnosis
• 13. Early Lung Cancer: Methods For Detection
• 14. Diagnostic Of Lung Cancer: Confocal Bronchoscopy
• 15. Optical Coherence Tomography
• 16. Electromagnetic Navigation
• 17. Lung Cancer Screening and the National Lung Screening Trial (NLST)
• 18. Tissue Acquisition In Patients With Suspected Lung Cancer: Techniques Available to the Pulmonologist
• Section IV. Lung cancer staging
• 19. The New Lung Cancer TNM Classification: Review And Clinical Implications
• 20. Mediastinoscopy And Its Variants
• 21. Endobronchial Ultrasound: Basic Principles
• 22. Endobronchial Ultrasound: Clinical Applications
• Section V. Pleural conditions
• 23. Pleural Anatomy
• 24. Medical Thoracoscopy
• 25. Overview of the Spectrum of Chest Tubes with Focus on the Tunneled Pleural Catheter: Disease Specific Selection
• Section VI. Interventional Bronchoscopy In Asthma And Emphysema
• 26. Endoscopic Methods For Lung Volume Reduction
• 27. Transbroncoscopic Emphysema Treatment with One-way Zephyr Valves
• 28. Endoscopic Lung Volume Reduction for Treatment of Advanced Emphysema Using Injectable Hydrogels
• 29. Bronchial Thermoplasty
• Section VII. Interventional Bronchoscopy In Special Situations
• 30. Percutaneous Tracheostomy
• 31. Bronchoscopy Role In Interstitial Lung Disease
• 32. Endoscopic Foreign Body Removal
• 33. Interventional Pulmonology in the Intensive Care Unit
• Section VIII. Conclusions
• 34. Bronchoscopy and Interventional Pulmonology: Reflections on the Past, the Present, and the Future.