Use of an ultrathin bronchoscope in the assessment of central airway obstruction

Chest

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 735-739

  Schuurmans, Macé M ^a   Michaud, Gaëtane C ^b   Diacon, Andreas H ^a   Bolliger, Chris T ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Central airway obstruction; Interventional bronchoscopy; Lung cancer; Tracheal stenosis; Ultrathin bronchoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRACHEA STENOSIS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 0041730712     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.124.2.735     Document Type: Article

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