Management of Foreign Bodies of the Airway
Management of Foreign Bodies of the Airway Julie L. Wei Lauren D. Holinger Foreign body aspiration is a serious and potentially fatal occurrence. Through advances in prevention, first aid, and…
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Joseph LoCicero III Although references to pulmonary dysfunction were made as early as World War I, there was little understanding of the mechanisms and course of…
Barotrauma and Inhalation Injuries
Barotrauma and Inhalation Injuries Joseph B. Zwischenberger Ryan Fischer The term barotrauma is used to indicate damage induced by pressure applied to the airways and alveoli. Similarly, volutrauma refers to…
Blunt and Penetrating Injuries of the Chest Wall, Pleura, and Lungs
Blunt and Penetrating Injuries of the Chest Wall, Pleura, and Lungs Julian Guitron Lynn C. Huffman John A. Howington Joseph LoCicero III A systematic primary and secondary survey, as adopted…
Malignant Pericardial Effusions
Malignant Pericardial Effusions Deepak Singh Mark R. Katlic Malignant pericardial effusion is often a clinically challenging entity. A malignant effusion specifically is an accumulation of fluid in the pericardial sac…
Malignant Pleural Effusions
Malignant Pleural Effusions Steven A. Sahn Malignant pleural effusions are confirmed by finding malignant cells in pleural fluid or in pleural tissue by percutaneous needle biopsy or at thoracoscopy, thoracotomy,…
Uncommon Tumors of the Pleura
Uncommon Tumors of the Pleura Thomas W. Shields Anjana V. Yeldandi Rare Primary Benign Tumors of the Pleura Calcifying Fibrous Pseudotumor of the Pleura Pinkard and associates50 described the occurrence…
Technique of Extrapleural Pneumonectomy for Diffuse Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma
Technique of Extrapleural Pneumonectomy for Diffuse Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Lambros Zellos David J. Sugarbaker Extrapleural pneumonectomy (EPP) was described initially for the treatment of tuberculous empyema in the 1940s by…
Diffuse Malignant Mesothelioma
Diffuse Malignant Mesothelioma Valerie W. Rusch Diffuse malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is an uncommon and lethal cancer for which there are limited treatment options. The first report of a primary…
Localized Fibrous Tumors of the Pleura
Localized Fibrous Tumors of the Pleura Thomas W. Shields Anjana V. Yeldandi Localized fibrous tumors of the pleura previously have been most often classified as localized mesotheliomas of the pleura,…
