Yield and complications of flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy in a teaching hospital

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-59

  Alzeer, Abdulaziz H ^a   Al Otair, Hadil A ^a   Al Hajjaj, Mohammed S ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAFETY; SAUDI ARABIA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TUBERCULOSIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; FIBER OPTICS; LUNG DISEASE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 40949083962     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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