Diagnostic and Interventional Bronchoscopy in Children

This is an ideal guide for practicing pediatric pulmonologists and trainees, and will also prove useful to pediatric anesthesiologists, intensivists, otolaryngologists and respiratory therapists.

Part I: History & Fundamentals of Flexible Bronchoscopy.- Pediatric Bronchoscopy: A Personal Odyssey Through 5 Decades.- Organizing and Maintaining a Flexible Bronchoscopy Program.- Upper Airway Anatomy & Physiology.- Lower Airway Anatomy.- Lower Airway Physiology.- Indications, Risks and Complications.- Bronchoalveolar Lavage: Sampling Methods.- Bronchoalveolar Lavage: Cytology.- Bronchoalveolar Lavage: Microbial Evaluation.- Bronchoalveolar Lavage: Biomarkers.- Anesthesia Considerations for Flexible Bronchoscopy.- The Physiological Effects of Flexible Bronchoscopy.- Non-Bronchoscopic Assessment of the Airways.- Flexible Bronchoscopy Training.- 49 ways to get the wrong answer from a bronchoscopy.- Part II: Role of flexible bronchoscopy in evaluation of pediatric respiratory tract disorders.- Approach to Common Chief Complaints (ex. chronic cough & noisy breathing).- Evaluating Airway Dynamics.- Extrinsic Compression of the Airway.- Pneumonia: Immunocompetent Children.- Pneumonia: Immunocompromised host.- Bronchiectasis and suppurative bronchitis.- Aspiration.- Plastic Bronchitis.- Asthma.- Foreign Body Aspiration.- Laryngotracheal stenosis.- Airway tumors.- Hemoptysis and Pulmonary Hemorrhage.- Diffuse & Interstitial Lung Disease.- Part III: Advanced Diagnostic and Interventional Bronchoscopy.- Tracheobronchography.- FEES - Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing.- Bedside Therapeutic Bronchoscopy in the Intensive Care Unit.- Endobronchial Biopsy.- Tranbronchial Biopsy.- EBUS.- Electromagnetic Navigational and Robotic Bronchoscopy.- Endobronchial Valves.- Whole Lung Lavage.- Treatment of Tracheobronchial Stenosis.- Excision of Airway Lesions.- Cryotherapy.- Bronchial Thermoplasty.- Endoscopic Repair of Tracheoesophageal Fistula.