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.
WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW: A mediastinoscopy is a procedure which uses a scope to look inside your mediastinum. The mediastinum is the space inside your chest between and in front of your lungs. It contains the heart, large blood vessels, trachea (windpipe), esophagus (food pipe) and lymph nodes. A mediastinoscopy is used to look at these organs and structures, find infection, or see how bad lung cancer is.