Comprehensive Bronchoscopy With Endobronchial Ultrasound (Sep, 2017)

Comprehensive Bronchoscopy With Endobronchial Ultrasound is organized by American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) and would be held during Sep 29 - Oct 1, 2017 at CHEST Global Headquarters, Glenview, Illinois, United States of America.

The target audience for this medical event basically for Physicians and health-care professionals from pulmonary and critical care medicine, intensive care medicine, and thoracic surgery are encouraged to attend. Learn new skills and refresh your knowledge through this hands-on, interactive course led by experts in bronchoscopy and procedure-related training. This CME conference has been approved with 21 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.

Learning Objectives :
After participating in this educational activity, you should be able to:
• Demonstrate the placement of endobronchial blockers for airway bleeding.
• Utilize flexible bronchoscopic techniques for removal of aspirated foreign objects.
• Perform flexible bronchoscopy with brushings and endobronchial biopsy.
• Demonstrate conventional and EBUS-guided transbronchial needle aspiration for mediastinal and hilar lymph node sampling.
• Demonstrate EBUS-TBNA specimen handling and processing to ensure adequacy for diagnosis and molecular testing.
• Demonstrate the use of radial probe EBUS for localizing peripheral pulmonary nodules.

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.