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Environmental impact of single-use versus reusable flexible endoscopes: a systematic review

Current Directions in Biomedical Engineering
The increasing use of single-use flexible endoscopes raises concerns about their environmental impact. This systematic review includes 18 studies comparing singleuse and reusable endoscopes based on quantitative analyses on their environmental impact ...
Mayer Juliane, Pott Peter P.
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Comparison of Paraglossal Technique of Miller Blade Insertion with McCoy and Macintosh Adult Laryngoscopes on the Cormack–Lehane Grade in Patients with Simulated Restricted Neck Mobility—A Randomized Control Trial

Journal of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care
Background The paucity in round-the-clock availability of advanced tools like flexible bronchoscopes and video laryngoscopes makes it preferable to have alternative easily available gadgets for securing the airway in patients with cervical ...
Anusha S. Kalsad, Gayatri Mishra, Sripriya R., Yasha V. Kameshwar, Hemanth Kumar VR   +4 more
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Rigid Bronchoscope Combined with Soft Electronic Bronchoscope for Treatment of Main Airway Neoplasma

Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer, 2009
Background and objective Main airway severe obstruction is a problem facing difficulty flexible bronchoscope because the patient is not able to breath smoothly under prostration, and death from suffocation is a frequent outcome.
Hongwu WANG, Yunzhi ZHOU, Heng ZOU, Jing LI   +3 more
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Abstracts from the 2026 Congress of the Scandinavian Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Reykjavik, Iceland, June 10–12, 2026

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, Volume 70, Issue 9, October 2026.
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Distal Bronchopleural Fistula Closure With Robotic Bronchoscopy

Annals of Thoracic Surgery Short Reports
The inability to access distal bronchopleural fistulas with standard bronchoscopes limits the use of endobronchial occlusion techniques. A 43-year-old woman experienced fatigue and cough 1 month after a left lower lobectomy.
Ruth Ackah, MD, Hunter Triplett, BS, Ryan Rimer, MD, Yvonne M. Carter, MD   +3 more
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The benefit of taking a control sample when performing bronchoalveolar lavage

, 2015
Contamination of bronchoscopes is well described.1–3 However, while cleaning and disinfecting bronchoscopes are clearly described in standardisation documents, 1–3 the performance of a control sample prior to bronchoscopy is not suggested.
COLUM DUNNE (12349567), Paul McNally (321611), Donna Clarke (12593647), Niamh O'Sullivan (12595228), Paula Murray (8377497), Barry Linnane (677183)   +5 more
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A single-centre case series assessing the Ambu® aScope™ 2 for percutaneous tracheostomies: A viable alternative to fibreoptic bronchoscopes [PDF]

, 2015
Practiced for millennia, tracheostomy remains one of the most common procedures performed in the intensive care unit to facilitate ventilation.
Reynolds Steven, Zurba Jason, Duggan Laura   +2 more
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Pneumothorax and pulmonary hemorrhage after C-arm cone-beam computed tomography-guided percutaneous transthoracic lung biopsy: incidence, clinical significance, and correlation

BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Objective This study aimed to assess the incidence and clinical significance of pneumothorax (PTX) and pulmonary hemorrhage (PH) after percutaneous transthoracic lung biopsy (PTLB) guided by C-arm cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT).
Yanjie Yang, Jingqin Ma, Zhijie Peng, Xin Zhou, Nan Du, Wen Zhang, Zhiping Yan   +6 more
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Categorization of medical devices - proposal of the local bronchoscopic standards

, 2016
Práce obsahuje kategorizaci endoskopické techniky, která by měla sloužit jako podklad k výběru vhodného zařízení. Kategorizace se opírá o řízené rozhovory, které jsem vedla s odborníky z firmy Olympus a Pentax, jejímž distributorem v ČR je firma Medinet.
Pokošová Pavlína
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PALLIATIVE BRONCHOSCOPIC TREATMENT OF TUMOUR CENTRAL AIRWAYS STENOSIS

Zdravniški Vestnik, 2003
Background. This article presents our three year experience with bronchoscopic management of central bronchial tumours stenosis.Methods. In the years 2000, 2001, and 2002, 52 patients (43 men, 9 women), aged 62.3 ± 10.8 years with central airway ...
Andrej Debeljak, Nadja Triller, Peter Kecelj, Saša Letonja   +3 more
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