Bronchoscopy in adults at a tertiary care centre: Indications and complications

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 152-156

  Sinha, Sanjeev ^a   Guleria, R ^a   Pande, J N ^a   Pandey, R M ^a,b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Department of Biostatistics ^*

Author keywords

Endobronchial malignancy; Fibreoptic bronchoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BENIGN TUMOR; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHUS; BRONCHUS TUMOR; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; FEMALE; FEVER; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG NODULE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MILIARY TUBERCULOSIS; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREVALENCE; SAFETY; SARCOIDOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

EID: 4344605861     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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