Safety of bronchoscopy, biopsy, and BAL in research patients with COPD

Chest

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1909-1912

  Hattotuwa, Keith ^a   Gamble, Elizabeth A ^a   O'Shaughnessy, Terence ^c   Jeffery, Peter K ^b   Barnes, Neil C ^a  

^a LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; BAL; Biopsy; Bronchoscopy; Safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY;

EID: 0036927705     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.122.6.1909     Document Type: Article

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