Topical anesthesia with lidocaine and the role of atropine in flexible bronchoscopy

Journal of Bronchology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 242-245

  Triller, Nadja ^a   Debeljak, Andrej ^a   Kecelj, Peter ^a   Eržen, Damjan ^a   Osolnik, Katarina ^a   Šorli, Jurij ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF RESPIRATORY AND ALLERGIC DISEASES   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Atropine; Flexible bronchoscopy; Topical anesthesia

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; LIDOCAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVATION; TACHYCARDIA; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; TRANSCRICOID INJECTION;

EID: 4744347284     PISSN: 10708030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.lab.0000142318.59553.d4     Document Type: Article

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