Open AccessTherapeutic bronchoscopic interventions for nonmalignant central airway obstruction provide rapid and sustained improvement in symptoms and functional status
Author(s) -
Prajowl Shrestha,
Karan Madan,
Vijay Hadda,
Ashish Upadhyay,
Saurabh Mittal,
Pawan Tiwari,
R M Pandey,
Rakesh Garg,
Gopi C Khilnani,
Randeep Guleria,
Anant Mohan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_476_19
Subject(s) - medicine , bronchoscopy , airway obstruction , spirometry , airway , surgery , debulking , visual analogue scale , anesthesia , asthma , ovarian cancer , cancer
Central airway obstruction (CAO) is a potentially lethal condition that requires urgent endobronchial intervention and may occur due to several nonmalignant causes. The effect of these interventions on clinically relevant outcomes such as symptomatic and functional status over a period of time is, however, sparsely studied.