RT Book, Section
A1 Shofer, Scott
A1 Wahidi, Momen M.
A1 Welsby, Ian J.
A2 Barbeito, Atilio
A2 Shaw, Andrew D.
A2 Grichnik, Katherine
SR Print(0)
ID 56783979
T1 Chapter 11. Therapeutic Bronchoscopy, Airway Stents, and Other Closed Thorax Procedures
T2 Thoracic Anesthesia
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-162566-1
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56783979
RD 2024/04/20
AB Therapeutic  bronchoscopy  is  most  commonly  employed  to  treat  patients  with  central  airways  obstruction  due  to  malignant  disease.Rigid  bronchoscopy  provides  definitive  control  of  the  airway  permitting  the  use  of  general  anesthesia  to  maximize  patient  comfort.Patients  can  undergo  bronchoscopy  with  transbronchial  biopsy  without  stopping  aspirin  therapy,  but  clopidogrel  should  be  stopped  5  days  prior  to  the  procedure.As  with  any  shared  airway  case,  close  communication  between  operator  and  anesthesiologist  is  vital  for  maximum  patient  safety.