Flexible bronchoscope damage and repair costs in a bronchoscopy teaching unit

Respiration

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 325-330

  Rozman, Ales ^a   Duh, Stefan ^a   Petrinec Primozic, Marija ^a   Triller, Nadja ^a  

^a University Clinic for Pulmonary and Allergic Diseases Golnik   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy, cost benefit analysis; Bronchoscopy, diagnostic and therapeutic; Endoscopy and training; Endoscopy surgery, assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPE; BRONCHOSCOPY; COST; EQUIPMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHING;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; BRONCHOSCOPES; BRONCHOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 64449084063     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000188788     Document Type: Article

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