1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910466168003321

Autore

Brown James

Titolo

Firing line : Australia's path to war / / James Brown ; contributors, Tom Bentley [and thirteen others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Collingwood, Victoria : , : Quarterly Essay, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-925435-01-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (85 pages)

Collana

Quarterly Essay, , 1832-0953

Disciplina

355.00994

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Australia History, Military

Australia Politics and government 21st century

Australia Foreign relations United States

United States Foreign relations Australia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910818373403321

Titolo

Thoracic endoscopy : advances in interventional pulmonology / / edited by Michael J. Simoff, Daniel H. Sterman, Armin Ernst

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, Mass. ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell/Futura, c2006

ISBN

9786611320553

9781281320551

1281320552

9780470755969

0470755962

9780470755273

047075527X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (378 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SimoffMichael J

StermanDaniel H

ErnstArmin

Disciplina

617.5/407545

Soggetti

Chest - Endoscopic surgery

Surgery

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Thoracic Endoscopy: Advances in Interventional Pulmonology; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Part I Advances in diagnostic bronchology; 1 Autofluorescence in the detection of lung cancer; 2 New technologies for the endobronchial assessment of the pulmonary tract; 3 Endobronchial ultrasound; 4 Advances in diagnostic bronchoscopy: virtual bronchoscopy and advanced airway imaging; 5 Medical simulation: current uses and future applications; 6 Bronchoscopy and computer technology; Part II Advances in therapeutic bronchology; 7 Rigid bronchoscopy

8 Fire and ice: laser bronchoscopy, electrocautery and cryotherapy9 Photodynamic therapy for endobronchial tumors: palliation and definitive therapy; 10 Stenting of the tracheobronchial tree; 11 Transtracheal oxygen and percutaneous tracheotomy; 12 Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction; 13 Endobronchial gene therapy;



Part III Interventional pleurology; 14 Thoracentesis, percutaneous needle biopsy of pleura, small-bore catheter drainage: does size really matter?; 15 Medical thoracoscopy; 16 Photodynamic therapy in the pleural space; 17 Intrapleural therapy: from BCG to therapeutic genes

Part IV Case discussions18 Management of patients at increased risk for lung cancer; 19 Staging of bronchogenic carcinoma: an interventional pulmonary perspective; 20 Management of malignant pleural effusions; 21 Management of spontaneous pneumothorax; 22 Obstruction of the central airways: evaluation and management; 23 Management of massive hemoptysis; 24 Management of tracheobronchomalacia; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Written by some of the world's leading practitioners - and pioneers - in the field, Thoracic Endoscopy is the first up-to-the-minute, expert reference for clinicians with a solid foundation in diagnostic bronchoscopy and chest medicine needing to extend their clinical expertise in response to two decades of rapid development. Thoracic Endoscopy covers four key areas of practice:advanced diagnostic bronchoscopythe latest techniques for interventional bronchoscopy - including the traditional rigid bronchoscopy techniques, ablative ins