Safety of Cryo-Transbronchial Biopsy in Diffuse Lung Diseases: Analysis of Three Hundred Cases

Respiration

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 40-46

  Gershman, Evgeni ^a   Fruchter, Oren ^a   Benjamin, Fox ^a   Nader, Abed Rahman ^a   Rosengarten, Dror ^a   Rusanov, Victoria ^a   Fridel, Ludmila ^a   Kramer, Mordechai R ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Cryobiopsy; Diffuse lung diseases; Interventional technique; Safety; Transbronchial biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY FORCEPS; BLEEDING; CHEST TUBE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPROBE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TREATMENT INDICATION; BIOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRYOSURGERY; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROCEDURES; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

BIOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; COHORT STUDIES; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 84937970518     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000381921     Document Type: Article

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