Indications for flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy and its safety in the very elderly

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Pulmonary Series

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-29

  D'Ippolito, Raffaele ^a   Foresi, A ^b   Castagnetti, C ^a   Gesualdi, S ^a   Castagnaro, A ^a   Marangio, E ^a   Olivieri, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b Sesto San Giovanni Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age; Bronchoscopy; Elderly; Safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; BLEEDING; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY MASS; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GERIATRIC CARE; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; LARYNX SPASM; LUNG COLLAPSE; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMOTHORAX; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRIDOR; TREATMENT INDICATION; VOMITING;

EID: 34249724921     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: 2465101X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/monaldi.2007.506     Document Type: Article

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