Blood loss during flexible bronchoscopy: A prospective observational study

Respiration

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 312-318

  Carr, Ighsaan M ^a   Koegelenberg, Coenraad F N ^a   Von Groote Bidlingmaier, Florian ^a   Mowlana, Abdurasiet ^a   Silos, Kim ^a   Haverman, Thijs ^a   Diacon, Andreas H ^a,b   Bolliger, Chris T ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bleeding; Blood loss; Flexible bronchoscopy

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLEEDING TENDENCY; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRANSBRONCHIAL ASPIRATION; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARCINOMA, BRONCHOGENIC; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME;

EID: 84867053651     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339507     Document Type: Article

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