Respiratory Medicine Case Reports (Jan 2018)
A new mode of ventilation for interventional pulmonology. A case with EBUS-TBNA and debulking
Abstract
Lung cancer is still underdiagnosed mainly due to lack of symptoms. Most patients are diagnosed in a late stage where unfortunately only systematic therapy can be applied. Fortunately in the last five years several novel therapies and combinations have emerged. However; in certain situations local therapeutics modalities have to be applied in order to solve emergency problems as in the case that we will present. Convex-EBUS probe was used along with a novel method of ventilation which keeps PCO2 concentration satisfyingly low. Keywords: Lung cancer, Interventional pulmonology, Ventilation, EBUS