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Anesthesia for Bronchoscopic Procedures

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Bronchoscopic procedures whether diagnostic or therapeutic constitute a challenge to both the brochoscopist and the patient due to the anxiety and vigorous airway reflexes associated with airway instrumentation as well as the pathology affecting airway patency and/or ventilation. This chapter will first describe the common bronchoscopic procedures and the main preoperative evaluation pointers. This is followed by a detailed description of the spectrum of anesthesia techniques, from light sedation to general anesthesia, that can be used to facilitate bronchoscopic procedures. Additionally, a depiction of a variety of ventilation techniques and airway devices that are used for airway procedures is detailed. Complications associated with bronchoscopic airway procedures and their management is also discussed. Lastly, the design of a bronchoscopic suite where anesthesia support for bronchoscopic procedures can be performed safely is described.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

    Mona Sarkiss M.D., Ph.D.

  2. Department of Pulmonary Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

    Mona Sarkiss M.D., Ph.D.

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  1. Hospital University Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Basavana G. Goudra

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    Michael Duggan

  3. Department of Anesthesiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

    Vidya Chidambaran

  4. University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

    Hari Prasad Krovvidi Venkata

  5. Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    Elizabeth Duggan

  6. University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

    Mark Powell

  7. All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, Delhi, India

    Preet Mohinder Singh

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Sarkiss, M. (2018). Anesthesia for Bronchoscopic Procedures. In: Goudra, B., et al. Anesthesiology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74766-8_21

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