SEVERE PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA. A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO PRECISION INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURES

Chapter 1. Pathophysiology of Emphysema
Chapter 2. Pulmonary Functional Evaluation for Safe Performance of BLVR
Chapter 3 The concept of lung volume reduction and the best evidence
Chapter 4. Surgical Concept and Technique of Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
Chapter 5. Image Analysis to Identify Target Areas for Lung Volume Reduction
Chapter 6. Nuclear Medicine Techniques in Pre-evaluation of Single Pulmonary Nodule Resection, Lung Volume Reduction Surgery and Pre and Post Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction
Chapter 7. The Precision Treatment for Severe Lung Emphysema and the Impact of the Multidisciplinary Lung Board
Chapter 8. The Current Optimized Medical Treatment and the Impact on Dynamic Hyperinflation
Chapter 9. Lung Volume Reduction Surgery: Technique, Tips and Challenges
Chapter 10. Extending Candidacy for Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
Chapter 11. The Interface Lung Emphysema and Lung Cancer
Chapter 12. Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction Innovations
Chapter 13. Peri-Interventional Clinical Management of Endoscopic Emphysema Treatment
Chapter 14. Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction with One-Way Valves: Prevention and Management of Complications
Chapter 15. Pulmonary Rehabilitation for COPD Patients
Chapter 16. Results and Long-Term Follow Up of Interventional Treatments for Lung Emphysema: Quality of Life Considerations
Chapter 17. The Future of Treating Hyperinflation in Emphysema

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is, of 2024, one of the three main causes of death in the world, affecting around 12% of the world's population. Its incidence is estimated to increase in the coming decades due to continuous exposure to risk factors and to an aging population.

Pulmonary emphysema is one of its most serious phenotypes, with chronic and inexorable progression and, in the most severe stages, it is highly disabling and lethal.

This book reviews knowledge about the pathophysiology of severe pulmonary emphysema and the current innovative interventional and minimally invasive therapeutic concepts for the management of these advanced stages of emphysema, based on the best scientific evidence.

This guide provides to multidisciplinary pulmonary boards of experts in advanced lung diseases, current criteria for the choice of precision therapeutic options and beyond to maintaining optimized medical treatment to controlling lung hyperinflation, and alleviating patients' symptoms.

This book is a valuable resource for clinicians dealing with critically ill patients with COPD.