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.
3 doctors agreed: 1  Yes: Thoracentesis, as it is known, involves placing a needle into pleural space under local anesthesia and with drawing fluid by a syringe or allowing passive drainage. Certain 'rapidly accumulating effusions may require hospitalization and placement of a chest tube.