Principles and Practice of Interventional Pulmonology

History of the Rigid Bronchoscope.- General Principles of Endoscopic Imaging.- The Bronchoscope: What's available, determining selection and how to properly care for the instrument.- Bronchoscopic Procedural Unit Design for Advanced Procedures.- Quality Control Mechanism for Endoscopic Procedures.- Moderate and Deep Sedation Techniques.- Physiology of Fixed Airway Obstruction.- Airway Imaging.- Airway Anatomy.- Bronchoscopy Education.- Simulation for Endoscopy Training.- Principles of Cancer Staging.- Laryngoscopy.- Assessment of Vocal Cord Function and Voice Disorders.- Conventional Biopsy Techniques.- Bronchoalveolar Lavage.- Radial Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS).- Linear Endobronchial Ultrasound.- Esophageal Ultrasound.- EBUS Guidance for Peripheral Biopsies.- Autofluorescence Bronchoscopy and Narrow Band Imaging.- Confocal Imaging.- Optical Coherence Tomography.- Image-guided Bronchoscopy.- Malignant Central Airway Obstruction.- Management Principles of Non- malignant Airway Obstruction.- Rigid Bronchoscopy.- Metallic Stenting.- Endobronchial Silicone Stents for Airway Management.- Y-Stenting Techniques.- Montgomery T-tubes.- Electrosurgery.- Cryotherapy and Cryodebridement.- Microdement.- Use of Medical Lasers for Airway Disease.- Brachytherapy.- Photodynamic Therapy.- Balloon Dilation Techniques.- Radiation Therapy and Techniques for Fiducial Placement.- Management of Subglottic Stenosis and Subglottic Stenosis in Systemic Disease.- Treatment of Airway- Esophageal Fistulas.- Tendoscopic Management of Bronchopleural Fistulas.- Endoscopic Lung Abscess Drainage.- Management of Massive Hemoptysis.- Management of Post- transplant Disorders.- Foreign Body Removal.- Resection and Reconstruction of Central Airways.- Techniques for Laryngotracheal Reconstruction.- Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction.- Surgical Lung Volume Reduction.- Endoscopic Asthma Treatment.- Image-Guided Ablation Treatment for Lung Cancer Patients.- Pleural Anatomy and FluidAnalysis.- Pleural Imaging.- Pleural Manometry.- Thoracentesis.- Chest tube placement.- Small Bore Drains and Indwelling Catheters.- Medical Thoracoscopy/ Pleuroscopy.- Pleurodesis.- Advanced Medical Thoracoscopy-Pleuroscopy Procedures.- VATS Surgical Techniques.- Management Principles of Empyema.- Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions.- Approach to Unclear Exudates.- Percutaneous Tracheostomy.- Cricothyroidotomy.- Transtracheal Oxygen Catheter Placement and Management.- Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES).- Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastronomy (PEG) Tube Placement.- Whole Lung Lavage.