Indications, results and complications of flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy: A 5-year experience in a referral population in Greece

European Review for Medical and Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 355-363

  Kaparianos, A ^a   Argyropoulou, E ^a   Sampsonas, F ^a   Zania, A ^a   Efremidis, G ^a   Tsiamita, M ^a   Spiropoulos, Kostas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chronic cough; Complications; Flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy; Haemoptysis; Indications; Malignancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FEVER; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FLEXIBLE FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; GREECE; HEMOPTYSIS; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PNEUMOTHORAX; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE; TRACHEOBRONCHITIS; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHOSCOPY; FEMALE; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 58249103001     PISSN: 11283602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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