Bleeding risk and bronchoscopy: In search of the evidence in evidence-based medicine

Chest

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1875-1877

  Chinsky, Kenneth ^a,b  

^a Chest Diseases of Northwestern Pennsylvania ^*  (United States)

^b Chest Diseases of Northwestern Pennsylvania   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; CLOPIDOGREL; VASOPRESSIN;

ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BALLOON CATHETER; BRONCHOSCOPE; BRONCHOSCOPY; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; THORACOTOMY; THROMBOCYTE DYSFUNCTION; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOPTYSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NOTE; PRIMARY PREVENTION;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 21844470255     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.127.6.1875     Document Type: Editorial

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