Should renal insufficiency be a relative contraindication to bronchoscopic biopsy?

Journal of Bronchology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 81-83

  Mehta, Nehal L ^a   Harkin, Timothy J ^a   Rom, William N ^a   Graap, William ^a   Addrizzo Harris, Doreen J ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pulmonary Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Bleeding complications; Bronchoscopic biopsy; Bronchoscopy; Hemoptysis; Renal insufficiency

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; DESMOPRESSIN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; UREA;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRONCHOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; KIDNEY FAILURE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 16444375395     PISSN: 10708030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.laboratory.0000154043.28615.01     Document Type: Article

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