Summary of the British Thoracic Society Guidelines for advanced diagnostic and therapeutic flexible bronchoscopy in adults

Thorax

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1014-1015

  Du Rand, Ingrid A ^a   Barber, P V ^b   Goldring, J ^c   Lewis, R A ^d   Mandal, S ^e   Munavvar, M ^f   Rintoul, R C ^g   Shah, P L ^h   Singh, S ^h   Slade, M G ^g   Woolley, A ^d  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d WORCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ASTHMA; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CAUTERIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYOTHERAPY; DIATHERMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC NAVIGATION BRONCHOSCOPY; EMPHYSEMA; ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; FLEXIBLE BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG VOLUME; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; STENT; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80054122412     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-201052     Document Type: Short Survey

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