Development of an ultrathin fiberscope with a built-in channel for bronchoscopy in infants

Chest

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1543-1546

  Hasegawa, Seiki ^a,c   Hitomi, Shigeki ^b   Murakawa, Masahiro ^a   Mori, Kenjiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Nagahama Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

atelectasis; bronchial suctioning; bronchoalveolar lavage; children; fiberoptic bronchoscopy; mechanical ventilation; suction channel; ultrathin fiberscope

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATELECTASIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIBEROSCOPE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION;

EID: 0030448655     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.110.6.1543     Document Type: Article

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