BRONCHOSCOPY : Year 2001 and Beyond - 03/09/11

Doi : 10.1016/S0272-5231(05)70040-X

Heinrich D. Becker ^{^{*
Division of Interdisciplinary Endoscopy, Thoraxklinik-Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany}}

Resumen

"The truth, as always, will be far stranger." "On the other hand, if we got too far ahead, there was grave risk of losing contact with our audience…"

"The truth, as always, will be far stranger." "On the other hand, if we got too far ahead, there was grave risk of losing contact with our audience…"

ARTHUR C. CLARKE, 2001, A SPACE ODYSSEY, MD^{4Clarke AC: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and Back to 2001 (1990). London Orbit, 1999.

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In "… missions of crewed spacecraft … into years-long voyages … the required anesthetic care is … extremely complex. Airway management will probably be more difficult for astronauts. However, in 1962, Scott Carpenter aspirated food crumbs while in orbit on the Mercury 7 flight …"

In "… missions of crewed spacecraft … into years-long voyages … the required anesthetic care is … extremely complex. Airway management will probably be more difficult for astronauts. However, in 1962, Scott Carpenter aspirated food crumbs while in orbit on the Mercury 7 flight …"

CHRISTIAN KELLER ET AL, AIRWAY MANAGEMENT DURING SPACEFLIGHT^{16 Keller C.H., Brimacombe J. , y al. Airway management during spaceflight Anesthesiology 2000 ; 92 : 1237-1241 [cross-ref]

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PRELUDE

EVOLUTION OF BRONCHOSCOPY IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

GENERAL EVOLUTION OF TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PAST CENTURY

EFFECTS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF BRONCHOLOGY

CURRENT ISSUES IN THE HEALTH SYSTEM

Demographic and Socioeconomic Aspects

Current Developments in Technologies

SCENARIO FOR THE FUTURE

DISCOURSE ON ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES

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*This article is dedicated to Shigeto Ikeda, pioneer of fiberoptic bronchoscopy, on the occasion of his 75th birthday.