Pneumologie
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Today endosonography in form of endobronchial (EBUS) and endoesophageal ultrasound (EUS) is a routine adjunct to endoscopy in many pulmonary centers. Three different techniques are available and can improve the diagnosing and staging in patients with lung cancer. ⋯ The role of endosonography is expected to grow in the near future as an important tool. Especially the approaches with EUS-fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) and/or EBUS controlled transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) may be able to replace more invasive methods like mediastinoscopy for evaluating patients with lung cancer.
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In 2005 the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) published a revised form of the International Classification of Sleep Disorders (ICSD-2). Goals of the ICSD-2 are: A) To describe all currently recognized sleep and arousal disorders, and to base the descriptions on scientific and clinical evidence. ⋯ C) To render the sleep and arousal disorders as compatible with ICD-9 and ICD-10 as possible. In this article, sleep-disordered breathing disorders, as classified in the ICSD-2 are presented.