Incidence of complications in bronchoscopy. Multicentre prospective study of 20,986 bronchoscopies

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Pulmonary Series

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 8-14

  Facciolongo, Nicola ^a   Patelli, M ^b   Gasparini, S ^c   Agli, L Lazzari ^d   Salio, M ^e   Simonassi, C ^f   Del Prato, B ^g   Zanoni, P ^a  

^a S MARIA NUOVA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Departement of Internal Medicine Immunoallergic and Respiratory Diseases   (Italy)

^d Hospital of Rimini   (Italy)

^e SC Oncologia   (Italy)

^f VILLA SCASSI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bronchial biopseis; Bronchoscopy; Complications; Hemorrhage; Pneumothorax; Transbronchial biopsies

Indexed keywords

ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHOSPASM; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; DEATH; DROWSINESS; DYSPNEA; ENDOSCOPY; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG LAVAGE; MORTALITY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PREMEDICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SHOCK; STENT; SYNCOPE; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

EID: 65749095144     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: 2465101X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/monaldi.2009.370     Document Type: Article

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