Airway & Bronchoscopy

Anesthesia for Interventional Pulmonology

Exam-focused guide to matching anesthetic depth and airway devices to procedure goals while preventing atelectasis, oxygen toxicity during thermal therapies, and hemodynamic collapse in high-risk physiology.

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Exam mapping & scope

This chapter covers anesthetic and airway strategies for interventional pulmonology (IP) procedures with emphasis on endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS), peripheral bronchoscopy (including robotic platforms), rigid bronchoscopy for central airway obstruction, and bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR). Domains include sedation strategy and monitoring, airway device selection, ventilatory approaches to minimize atelectasis, oxygen management during thermal and non‑thermal therapies, mediastinal mass considerations, pleuroscopy/MAC anesthesia, and complication prevention and rescue.

Focus this round

  • Ventilation bundles
  • Airway device matching
  • Hypoxemia algorithms

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