If you have asthma, you may experience one or more of the following symptoms: Wheezing - A whistling sound heard when breathing in or out. Coughing - A cough that may not go away and often occurs or worsens at night or early morning. Chest Tightness - Feeling as if something is squeezing or sitting on your chest.
A mediastinoscopy may be performed on an outpatient basis or as part of your stay in a hospital. The procedure will be performed while you are asleep under general anesthesia. Procedures may vary depending on your condition and your doctorâs practices.
Realize that surgery to treat a bleeding ulcer is usually an in-patient procedure, but outpatient endoscopy can be performed on less severe bleeding ulcers. 2 Undergo an endoscopic procedure to find the source of the bleeding ulcer and to treat the bleeding ulcer in a minimally-invasive way.