What therapies do you routinely use to prevent mucus plug formation after endobronchial stent placement?  

After airway stent placement, especially silicone stents and/or Y stents, I start my patients on albuterol neb BID; hypertonic saline neb BID, and NAC neb BID. If there are any issues with adherence, I use either albuterol + hypertonic saline or albuterol + NAC depending on patient preference. If th...