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A combination of flexible and rigid bronchoscopy in the successful removal of a residual fish bone from a peripheral bronchus: A case report

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2023
Although rigid bronchoscopy remains the gold standard for the management of foreign body (FB) inhalation, sometimes it still misses residual FBs. Inhalation of sharp FBs by infants is an uncommon but hazardous occurrence, which presents a significant ...
Hanqing Shao, Shuxian Li, Shuxian Li, Jing He, Lei Wu, Lei Wu, Zhimin Chen   +6 more
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Risk factors associated with reintubations in children undergoing foreign body removal using flexible bronchoscopy: a single-center retrospective cross-sectional study

BMC Anesthesiology, 2022
Background Reintubation is a severe complication during foreign body (FB) removal that uses flexible bronchoscopy. Objective To investigate the incidence and risk factors for reintubations in children undergoing FB extraction by flexible bronchoscopy in ...
Su-Jing Zhang, Hong-Bin Gu, Min Zhou, Min-Yi Lin, Long-Xin Zhang, Xiu-Ying Chen, Guo-Lin Lu   +6 more
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An update on the role of bronchoscopy in the diagnosis of pulmonary disease [PDF]

Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine, 2020
Bronchoscopy has evolved over the past few decades and has been used by respiratory physicians to diagnose various airway and lung diseases. With the popularization of medical check-ups and growing interest in health, early diagnosis of lung diseases is ...
June Hong Ahn
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Flexible Bronchoscopy Curriculum

MedEdPORTAL, 2015
Introduction Bronchoscopy is performed almost exclusively by subspecialists; therefore, novice bronchoscopists may find themselves with the responsibility of performing a bronchoscopy without ever having previously observed one.
Rosemary Adamson, Amy Morris, Aaron Cheng, Patricia Kritek, Justin Andros, Megan Sherman, Sara Kim, Mark Tonelli, David Park, Maya Sardesai   +9 more
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Sedation for flexible bronchoscopy: current and emerging evidence [PDF]

European Respiratory Review, 2013
Flexible bronchoscopy is commonly performed by respiratory physicians and is the gold standard for directly visualising the airways, allowing for numerous diagnostic and therapeutic interventions.
Ricardo J. José, Shahzad Shaefi, Neal Navani   +2 more
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Use of cryoprobe for removal of a large tracheobronchial foreign body during flexible bronchoscopy

Lung India, 2016
Foreign body (FB) inhalation in the tracheobronchial tree is an infrequently encountered event in adults. The diagnosis is suspected in the presence of a clinical history of aspiration and the presence of respiratory symptoms.
Inderpaul Singh Sehgal, Sahajal Dhooria, Digambar Behera, Ritesh Agarwal   +3 more
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In vivo endoscopic autofluorescence microspectro-imaging of bronchi and alveoli [PDF]

, 2008
Fibered confocal fluorescence microscopy (FCFM) is a new technique that can be used during a bronchoscopy to analyze the nature of the human bronchial and alveolar mucosa fluorescence microstructure. An endoscopic fibered confocal fluorescence microscopy
Bourg-Heckly, G., Thiberville, L., Vever-Bizet, C., Viellerobe, B.   +3 more
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Use of flexible bronchoscopy for rapid diagnosis of suspected tubercular cases in rural India

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2009
Background: Reaching a correct diagnosis is a challenge for physicians treating any of the 30% to 50% of pulmonary tuberculosis patients who have negative sputum cultures or who present with no sputum.
Sameer Singhal, Abhay M. Gaidhane, Nazli Khatib, Tripti Hrivastava, Sanjay Diwan, Satish Mahajan, Shilpa Bawankule, Quazi Syed Zahiruddin   +7 more
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Flexible Bronchoscopy Simulation as a Tool to Improve Surgical Skills in Otolaryngology Residency

OTO Open, 2021
Objective To evaluate the benefits of simulation to teach flexible bronchoscopy. Study Design A prospective cohort study to assess the bronchoscopic skills of residents in an otolaryngology training program using a commercially available bronchoscopy ...
Chloe Santa Maria MD, Chi-Kwang Sung MD, Jennifer Y. Lee MD, Dinesh K. Chhetri MD, Abie H. Mendelsohn MD, Karuna Dewan MD   +5 more
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Survival and quality of life benefit after endoscopic management of malignant central airway obstruction [PDF]

, 2016
Although interventional management of malignant central airway obstruction (mCAO) is well established, its impact on survival and quality of life (QoL) has not been extensively studied.We prospectively assessed survival, QoL and dyspnea (using validated ...
Dimitropoulos, C, Filippidis, FT, Gennimata, S, Gerovasili, V, Giozos, I, Koufos, N, Koulouris, N, Pataka, A, Stratakos, G, Syrigos, K, Zakynthinos, S, Zarogoulidis, P, Zissimopoulos, A   +12 more
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