Bronchoscopic Procedures for Central Airway Obstruction

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 638-646

  Brodsky, Jay B ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway problems; Bronchoscopy; Central airway obstruction; Thoracic surgery

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HEMATOPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; KETAMINE; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; OPIATE; PROPOFOL; SEDATIVE AGENT;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; BALLOON DILATATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; CAUTERIZATION; CRYOTHERAPY; DRUG CHOICE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; NEODYMIUM LASER; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREMEDICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; STENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0142031119     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-0770(03)00212-X     Document Type: Review

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