Pneumologie applications de haute technologie : GeneXpert, coils et thermoplastie bronchique

Rochat, Thierry; Chappuis-Gisin, emilie; Ongaro, Gioele; Janssens, Jean-Paul; Gasche-Soccal, Paola Marina Alessandra

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Pneumologie applications de haute technologie : GeneXpert, coils et thermoplastie bronchique

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Rochat, Thierry; Chappuis-Gisin, emilie; Ongaro, Gioele; Janssens, Jean-Paul; Gasche-Soccal, Paola Marina Alessandra

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Revue médicale suisse, vol. 10, no. 412-413, p. 123-126

Publication date

2014

Abstract

We discuss here three recent applications of high technology in pulmonary medicine. GeneXpert has considerably improved the diagnosis of active tuberculosis. However, the test has also its limits so that clinical assessment, radiology, and sputum microscopy remain fundamental. Treatment of severe emphysema by lung volume reduction is no longer confined to surgical approach, but is now possible by bronchoscopy. Implantation of Nitinol coils in the most diseased parts of the emphysematous lung is a promising technique. Finally, several clinical trials on bronchial thermoplasty have been reported for intractable asthma. The recent publication of the long term effects of this technique is the occasion to update on this matter.

Keywords

Bronchoscopy/instrumentation/methods
Cautery/instrumentation/methods
Humans
Molecular Diagnostic Techniques
Pneumonectomy/instrumentation/methods
Pulmonary Medicine/methods/trends
Tuberculosis, Pulmonary/diagnosis/genetics

UNIGE affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine

UNIGE research groups

Groupe Gasche-Soccal Paola (958)

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ROCHAT, Thierry et al. Pneumologie applications de haute technologie : GeneXpert, coils et thermoplastie bronchique. In: Revue médicale suisse, 2014, vol. 10, n° 412-413, p. 123–126.

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1660-9379

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