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.
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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.?
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Uses a?consistent, easy-to-follow format?for procedures: Definition, Pre-procedural preparation, Procedural techniques, Precautions and caveats, Complications, Evidence, and Summary.?
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Provides?superb visual guidance on IP procedures?with step-by-step photos, anatomic drawings, imaging studies and videos for selected procedures.?
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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.?
