Flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy. Diagnostic yield

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1459-1463

  Sawy, Mohamed S ^a   Jayakrishnan, B ^a,b   Behbehani, Nasser ^a   Abal, Adnan T ^a   El Shamy, Abdulsalam ^a   Nair, M G Prabhachandran ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b NONE   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID FAST BACTERIUM; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; KUWAIT; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG HILUS; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPUTUM SMEAR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHOSCOPY; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 7244234451     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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