Paediatric bronchoscopy

• Other Authors: Priftis, Kostas N. (Editor), M. B. Anthracopoulos (Editor), Eber, E. (Editor), Koumbourlis, A. C. (Editor), Wood, R. E. (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Basel Karger 2010
• Series: Progress in respiratory research v.38
• Subjects: Bronchoscopy > methods; Child > methods; Lung > pathology; Lung Diseases > pathology
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This book provides an in-depth 'state-of-the-art' critical review of the technique and the applications of flexible and rigid bronchoscopy to infants and children. Written by an international panel of experts, it reviews the technical aspects of the procedure, its common and highly special...

Table of Contents:

• Bronchoscopic equipment / Balfour-Lynn, I.M.; Harcourt, J.
• Sedation and anaesthesia for bronchoscopy / de Blic, J.; Telion, C.
• Bronchoalveolar lavage : indications and applications / Midulla, F.; Nenna, R.
• Special procedures / Colin, A.A.; Waltz, D.A.
• Flexible fibre-optic bronchoscopy in the intensive-care unit / Koumbourlis, A.C.
• Interventional bronchoscopy / Donato, L.; Tran, T.M.H.; Mihailidou, E.
• Whole-lung lavage / Wood, R.E.
• Rigid bronchoscopy / Hitter, A. ... [et al.]
• Virtual bronchoscopy and other three-dimensional imaging methods / Anthracopoulos, M.B.; Alexopoulou, E.; Kagadis, G.C.
• Normal anatomy / Wallis, C.
• Congenital and acquired abnormalities of the upper airways / Eber, E.
• Congenital and acquired abnormalities of the lower airways / Pohunek, P.; Boogaard, R.; Merkus, P.
• Bronchial asthma /Barbato, A. ... [et al.]
• Atelectasis, middle lobe syndrome, and plastic bronchitis / Priftis, K.N.; Rubin, B.
• Lung infection in cystic fibrosis, and other chronic suppurative lung diseases / Davies, J.C.; Bush, A.; Hogg, C.L.
• Endobronchial tuberculosis / Dagli, E. ... [et al.]
• Chronic cough / Masters, I.B.; Chang, A.B.
• Lung transplant recipients and other immunosuppressed patients / Benden, C.; Aurora, P.
• A four-decade perspective on paediatric bronchoscopy : where have we come from and where are we going? / Wood, R.E.