Severe pulmonary emphysema. Akopov A.L.

One of the complications of emphysematous destruction of the pulmonary parenchyma is severe respiratory failure. With the development of such a complication, which significantly affects the quality and life expectancy of patients, emphysema is called “heavy”. The issues of pathophysiology, radiation and instrumental diagnostics, emphysemate lesions, the principles of conservative and invasive treatment of severe pulmonary emphysema are devoted to this book.

A special place is given to the selection of patients, anesthesiological support, the postoperative period and the technical aspects of operations aimed at correcting the respiratory failure in this severe contingent of patients. A detailed description of specific clinical observations is presented, including in patients who have undergone light transplantation. The authors proposed new approaches to the classification of severe emphysema, the use of which helps to improve the results of treatment.

Authors of the book are leading specialists in the field of diagnosis and treatment of lung emphysemes in the country. The book will be useful to specialists providing assistance to patients with pulmonary emphysema-thoracic surgeons, pulmonologists, therapists, radiologists, specialists in functional diagnostics, physiotherapists, anesthesiologists-resuscitologists, endoscopists, transplantologists.