TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 11. Therapeutic Bronchoscopy, Airway Stents, and Other Closed Thorax Procedures A1 - Shofer, Scott A1 - Wahidi, Momen M. A1 - Welsby, Ian J. A2 - Barbeito, Atilio A2 - Shaw, Andrew D. A2 - Grichnik, Katherine PY - 2012 T2 - Thoracic Anesthesia 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. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56783979 ER -