Procedures -- Lungs
This resource is designed to provide comprehensive, but concise facts on a variety of screening, diagnostic, and treatment procedures focusing on the lungs. All fact sheets in this quick reference guide are physician-reviewed and reflect the most up-to-date, evidence-based information. Relevant sources are provided for each fact sheet.
A
B
C
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation for teens and adults
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation for children age 1 to early teens
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation for infants
- Cerivcal mediastinal exploration
- Cervical mediastincoscopy
- Chamberlain's procedure
- Chest x-ray
- CME
- Continuous and intermittent positive airway pressure
- CPAP
H
I
L
- Lay rescuer CPR for teens and adults
- Lay rescuer CPR for children age 1 to early teens
- Lay rescuer CPR for infants
- Lung and pleural biopsy
- Lung surgery
- Lung transplant
M
- Magnetic resonance angiography
- Medistinoscopy
- Medistinotomy
- MRA
- Mediastinal tumor resection
- Morton's neuroma removal
O
P
- Percutaneous needle aspiration
- PET scan
- PFT
- Pleural fluid aspiration
- Pleural tap
- Positron emission tomography
- Pulmonary function tests
- Pulmonary lobectomy
R
- Radiofrequency ablation
- Removal of a lung lobe
- RFA
- Robot-assisted thoracic procedures
- Robotic surgery: overview
S
T
- Thoracentesis
- Thoracotomy
- Tracheotomy
- Transplant, heart-lung
- Transplant, lung
- Transthoracic needle aspiration
V
