Main description:

This issue of Chest Medicine Clinics focuses on Interventional Pulmonology, with topics including: Flexible bronchoscopy; Radiology for mediastinal lymph node station in lung cancer diagnosis and staging; Lung cancer screening; Early lung cancer detection; Palliative care and interventional pulmonology; Anesthesia for flexible and rigid bronchoscopy; Mediastinal and pulmonary pathology: Specimen collection and processing; Bronchial Thermoplasty: A nonpharmacological therapy for severe asthma; Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction; Malignant pleural effusion: From diagnostics to therapeutics; Intrapleural therapeutics; Percutaneous dilational tracheostomy; Tracheobronchial stenosis and Tracheobroncho malacia: diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas; Pediatric interventional pulmonology; The Business of Bronchoscopy: How to set up an Interventional Pulmonology Program; Bronchoscopic therapies for peripheral lung malignancies; and Bronchial Thermoplasty: A nonpharmacological therapy for severe asthma.

Contents:

Interventional Pulmonology: an Update - Table of Contents

Preface: Revolution in Respiratory Medicine

Flexible Bronchoscopy

Reviewing Lung Cancer Screening: The Who, Where, When, Why, and How

Pulmonologist's Road Map to Mediastinal Lymph Node Imaging

Early Lung Cancer Detection

Palliative Care and Interventional Pulmonology

Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Intensive Care Unit

Bronchoscopy Education: An Experiential Learning Theory Perspective

Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration for Diagnosis and Staging of Lung Cancer

State-of-the-Art Modalities for Peripheral Lung Nodule Biopsy

Endobronchial Ablative Therapies

The Art of Rigid Bronchoscopy and Airway Stenting

Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction

Malignant Pleural Effusion: From Diagnostics to Therapeutics

Intracavitary Therapeutics for Pleural Malignancies

Percutaneous Dilational Tracheostomy

Tracheobronchomalacia and Excessive Dynamic Airway Collapse

Pediatric Interventional Pulmonology

Sedation in Bronchoscopy: A Review

The Business of Bronchoscopy: How to Set up an Interventional Pulmonology

Program

Bronchoscopic Therapies for Peripheral Lung Malignancies

Bronchial Thermoplasty: A Nonpharmacologic Therapy for Severe Asthma

Advances in Interventional Pulmonology