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Practical Guide to Interventional Pulmonology

  • 1st Edition - July 5, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Momen M Wahidi, David E Ost
  • Language: English

Concise, current, and evidence-based, Practical Guide to Interventional Pulmonology provides authoritative guidance on basic and advanced interventional pulmonology (IP) procedure… Read more

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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.

Key features

  • 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 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
Index

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: November 21, 2022
  • Language: English

About the editors

MW

Momen M Wahidi

Affiliations and expertise
Director, Interventional Pulmonology and Bronchoscopy, Associate Professor of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina

DO

David E Ost

Affiliations and expertise
MPH Department of Pulmonary Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA