The safety of flexible fibre-optic bronchoscopy and proceduralist-administered sedation: A tertiary referral centre experience

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 300-305

  Dang, D ^a   Robinson, P C ^a   Winnicki, S ^a   Jersmann, H P A ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Complication; Safety; Sedation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; COUGHING; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATION CONTROL; SEDATION; SORE THROAT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FENTANYL; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TETRACAINE;

EID: 84858736769     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2010.02261.x     Document Type: Article

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