COPD and Lungs

Interventional pulmonology

Interventional pulmonology (IP) may be a rapidly growing, procedurally focused subspecialty of pulmonary medicine. Interventional pulmonology uses endoscopy and other tools to diagnose and treat conditions within the lungs and chest. Diseases which were previously almost considered as contraindications to bronchoscopy, like asthma and COPD/emphysema, can now, in selected cases, be treated endoscopically.