Diseases of the Central Airways. A Clinical Guide

Description

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 Guidepresents 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. ?

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

and Senior EditorJournal 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