Overview
- An up-to-date comprehensive review Written by an international group of expert authors
- Presents technological advancements in the field of bronchoscopy
- Includes coverage of black bronchoscopy, tracheobronchomalacia, endobronchial tuberculosis, and tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Respiratory Medicine (RM)
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
About this book
This book explores the non-interventional aspects of interventional pulmonology, focusing on diseases of the central airways. As the field of bronchology and interventional pulmonology expands, newer conditions involving the central airways are being recognized with increasing frequency. Current literature has mainly focused on technical aspects of the subspecialty, but this book illuminates what else interventional pulmonology has to offer the pulmonologist, including diagnosis and alternate therapeutic options. Diseases of the Central Airways: A Clinical Guide presents techniques for the diagnoses, management and treatment of patients with intriguing central airway conditions such as: black bronchoscopy, tracheobronchomalacia, endobronchial tuberculosis, and tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica. In-depth chapters are written by international experts and are up-to-date and comprehensive reviews. This important new book will contribute significantly to the welfare of patients with lung ailments of the central airways.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Atul C. Mehta, MD, FACP, FCCP
Professor of Medicine, Lerner College of Medicine
Buoncore Family Endowed Chair in Lung Transplantation
Staff, Department of Pulmonary Medicine
Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH, USA
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Senior Editor
Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology
Prasoon Jain, MBBS, MD, FCCP
Pulmonary and Critical Care
Louis A Johnson VA Medical Center
Clarksburg, WV, USA
Thomas R. Gildea, MD, MS, FCCP, FACP
Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care Medicine and Transplant Center
Respiratory Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH, USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Diseases of the Central Airways
Book Subtitle: A Clinical Guide
Editors: Atul C. Mehta, Prasoon Jain, Thomas R. Gildea
Series Title: Respiratory Medicine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29830-6
Publisher: Humana Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-29828-3Published: 05 April 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80663-1Published: 25 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-29830-6Published: 23 March 2016
Series ISSN: 2197-7372
Series E-ISSN: 2197-7380
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 383
Number of Illustrations: 32 b/w illustrations, 116 illustrations in colour
Topics: Pneumology/Respiratory System, Imaging / Radiology, Thoracic Surgery