Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy in Coronary Care Unit Patients: Indications, Safety, and Clinical Implications

Chest

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1660-1667

  Dunagan, Donnie P ^a,b   Burke, Henry L ^a   Aquino, Suzanne L ^a   Chin Jr , Robert ^a   Adair, Norman E ^a   Haponik, Edward F ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary care unit; Fiberoptic bronchoscopy; Infection; Mechanical ventilation; Myocardial infarction; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; FIBER OPTICS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHOSCOPY; CORONARY CARE UNITS; FIBER OPTICS; HEART DISEASES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032254088     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.114.6.1660     Document Type: Article

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