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.