Fig. 5.1 Typical quality control steps Fig. 5.2 Typical quality assurance steps Methods of Quality Improvement Developing a quality monitoring process requires the use of an established system. This system…
Volume of pleural fluid Physical examination findings <250–300 cm3 Probable normal examination 500 cm3 1. Dullness to percussion 2. Decreased fremitus 3. Normal vesicular breath sounds but decreased intensity 1,000…
Score Hemoptysis 0 None 1 Less than twice per week 2 Less than once daily but greater than twice per week 3 Daily, bright red blood or clot 4 Decrease…
•Pneumothorax °Tension pneumothorax (idiopathic, traumatic pneumothorax with valve mechanism, etc.) °Pneumothorax on mechanical ventilation °Persistent or recurrent iatrogenic pneumothorax after needle aspiration °Symptomatic pneumothorax °Large pneumothorax •Malignant pleural effusion •Empyema…
Fig. 34.1 Serrated microdebrider blade Fig. 34.2 Handpiece with suction tubing attached Fig. 34.3 Console and foot pedal History of the Microdebrider Dr. Jack Urban is credited with the development…
Fig. 51.1 Alair® Bronchial Thermoplasty Catheter (in expanded position) and Alair RF Controller that delivers radiofrequency energy It is important at the first bronchoscopy to survey and map the subject’s…
Fig. 28.1 Some self-expanding metallic airway stents in current use. Top left: a covered Ultraflex stent, showing the technique of grabbing the suture wound circumferentially around the proximal end of…
Fig. 8.1 Nonenhanced thin-section CT scan of a 26-year-old female who underwent bilateral lung transplantation 6 months before due to cystic fibrosis. She went to hospital due to recurrent fever,…
Diagnosis BAL features Alveolar hemorrhage Macroscopically bloody Increased intensity from fraction to fraction Free red blood cells Hemosiderin-laden macrophages Fragmented red blood cells in the alveolar macrophages ≥20% siderophages Alveolar…
Fig. 31.1 T-tube (Printed with permission from Hood Laboratory) Fig. 31.2 Variation of T-tubes (Printed with permission from Hood Laboratory) The T-tube size ranges from the pediatric 6.0 mm diameter…
