Practice and complications of flexible bronchoscopy with biopsy procedures

Journal of Bronchology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 139-142

  Bechara, Rabih ^a   Beamis, John ^b   Simoff, Michael ^c   Mathur, P ^d   Yung, Rex ^e   Feller Kopman, David ^a   Ernst, Armin ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Bronchoscopy; Complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BLEEDING; BLUE LIGHT; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FLEXIBLE BRONCHOSCOPY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEMOPTYSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXIA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYNCOPE; UNITED STATES; WHITE LIGHT;

EID: 23044486885     PISSN: 10708030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.laboratory.0000164867.35411.f5     Document Type: Article

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