The relationship between age and process of care and patient tolerance of bronchoscopy

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 917-922

  Hehn, Boyd T ^a   Haponik, Edward ^b   Rubin, Haya R ^b   Lechtzin, Noah ^b   Diette, Gregory B ^b  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Bronchoscopy; Elderly; Safety; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LUNG NODULE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHOSCOPY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0038825068     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2389.2003.51303.x     Document Type: Article

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