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. 

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. 

1. Introduction
Part 1: Advanced Diagnostic Bronchoscopy Procedures
2. Linear Endobronchial Ultrasound
3. Radial Endobronchial Ultrasound
4. Electromagnetic Navigation Bronchoscopy
5. Transbronchial Cryobiopsy for Diffuse Lung Diseases
Part 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
Part 3: Pleural Disease
16. Chest Tubes and Indwelling Pleural Catheters
17. Medical Thoracoscopy
Part 4: Additional IP Topics
18. Percutaneous Tracheostomy
19. How to Start an Interventional Pulmonology Program
Index

Author Information

Edited by Momen M Wahidi, MD, MBA, Director, Interventional Pulmonology and Bronchoscopy, Associate Professor of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina and David E Ost, MD, MPH, FACP, Professor, Pulmonary Medicine, Director, Clinical Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

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