High complication rate after introduction of transbronchial cryobiopsy into clinical practice at an academic medical center

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 851-857

  DiBardino, David M ^a   Haas, Andrew R ^a   Lanfranco, Anthony R ^a   Litzky, Leslie A ^a   Sterman, Daniel ^b   Bessich, Jamie L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Bronchoscopy; Cryosurgery; Cryotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG COMPLICATION; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMOTHORAX; PULMONOLOGIST; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TRANSBRONCHIAL CRYOBIOPSY; BIOPSY; BLEEDING; BRONCHOSCOPY; CRYOSURGERY; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LUNG; PATHOLOGY; PENNSYLVANIA; PROCEDURES; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; BIOPSY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CRYOSURGERY; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LUNG; PENNSYLVANIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85020203204     PISSN: 23256621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201610-829OC     Document Type: Article

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