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BOOKS

"Bronchoscopy." In The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, Seventeenth Edition. Edited by Beers, M.D., Mark H., and Robert Berkow, M.D. Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck & Co., Inc., 1999.

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S.L. et al. Cancer Nursing Principles and Practice.Fifth Edition. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2000.

ORGANIZATIONS

American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC). 11030Ables Lane, Dallas, TX 75229. E-mail: info@aarc.org. .

American Cancer Society. 1599 Clifton Road, N.E., Atlanta,GA 30329. (800) 227-2345 or (404) 320-3333. .

American College of Chest Physicians. 3300 Dundee Road,Northbrook, IL 60062-2348. (847) 498-1400. .

American Lung Association and American Thoracic Society.1740 Broadway, New York, NY 10019-4374. (800) 586-4872 or (212) 315-8700. and .

Cancer Research Institute. 681 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY10022. (800) 992-2623. .

Lung Line National Jewish Medical and Research Center.14090 Jackson Street, Denver, CO 80206. (800) 222-5864. E-mail: lungline@njc.org. .

National Cancer Institute (National Institutes of Health). 9000Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892. (800) 422-6237. .

National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. Information Center.P.O. Box 30105, Bethesda, MD 20824-0105. (301) 251-2222. .

OTHER

Dailylung.com .

Chest Medicine On-Line .

National Lung Health Education Program. .

Pulmonarypaper.org P.O. Box 877, Ormond Beach, FL 32175. (800) 950-3698. .

Pulmonary Forum .

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The sinuses in the skull can become blocked and inflamed leading to pain and sometimes fever. The traditional surgical treatment for blocked sinuses was to use rigid instruments to enlarge the areas that drain the sinuses. A newer approach, which is shown in this animation, involves the insertion and inflation of a balloon to expand the sinus outlets. This approach is similar to balloon angioplasty used in damaged or blocked blood vessels.

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A lung biopsy removes a small piece of lung tissue which can be looked at under a microscope. The biopsy can be done in 4 ways. The method used depends on where the sample will be taken from and your overall health.

A lung biopsy is done to:

· Diagnose certain lung conditions, such as sarcoidosis or pulmonary fibrosis. In rare cases, a lung biopsy may be done for severe pneumonia, especially if the diagnosis is not clear.

· Diagnose suspected lung cancer.

· Evaluate any abnormalities seen on other tests, such as a chest X-ray or a CT scan. A lung biopsy is usually done when other tests cannot identify the cause of lung problems.

From http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/lung-biopsy

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