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The role of interventional pulmonary procedures in the management of post-obstructive pneumonia

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Post-obstructive pneumonia is the result of airway obstruction, commonly due to lung cancer. The majority of patients with lung cancer are non-operable and incurable at initial presentation. The clinical course of these patients is steadily downhill with complicating events such as post-obstructive pneumonia, respiratory failure, pleural effusion, and severe debilitation. Non-invasive conventional options for post-obstructive pneumonia include broad-spectrum antibiotics, combined with attempts at relieving the obstruction using radiation therapy. There is scant literature on the natural course of post-obstructive pneumonia, disease resolution, and optimal treatment. With the recent surge in technologic advances in interventional pulmonology, multiple airway recanalizaton options are now available. In this paper, we describe the causes of post-obstructive pneumonia, and the role of interventional pulmonary procedures in establishing an open airway.

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Mehta, R.M., Cutaia, M. The role of interventional pulmonary procedures in the management of post-obstructive pneumonia. Curr Infect Dis Rep 8, 207–214 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11908-006-0061-1

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