Interventional Pulmonology in the Pediatric Population

Gilbert, Christopher R. DO, MS
Wang, KoPen MD
Lee, Hans J. MD

¹Section of Bronchoscopy and Interventional Pulmonology, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine-Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania
²Section of Interventional Pulmonology, Division of Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland

Address for correspondence Christopher R. Gilbert, DO, MS, Section of Bronchoscopy and Interventional Pulmonology, Department of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine-Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Mail Code H0141, 500 University Drive, Hershey, PA 17033-0850 (e-mail: [email protected]).

Issue Theme Interventional Pulmonology; Guest Editors: David Feller-Kopman, MD, and Lonny Yarmus, DO, FCCP

Seminars in Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine 35(6):p 751-762, December 2014. | DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1395505

Abstract

Endoscopic airway interventions within pediatric populations vary considerably. Some of this variance may be related to institutional experience, however, may also be limited by operator experience and available equipment. Previous reports of pediatric bronchoscopic interventional procedures have been identified within the surgical literature; however, newer reports have identified other specialties participating in the care of these patients. Here, we will provide a review of the current relevant medical literature, including an evidence-based review of advanced diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopic treatments within the pediatric population.