bronchoscopy

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bron·cho·scope

(brŏng′kə-skōp′)
n.
A slender tubular instrument with a small light on the end for inspection of the interior of the bronchi.

bron′cho·scop′ic (-skŏp′ĭk) adj.
bron·chos′co·pist (brŏn-kŏs′kə-pĭst, brŏng-) n.
bron·chos′co·py (-kə-pē) n.
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Translations

bron·chos·co·py

n. broncoscopía, examen del árbol bronquial por medio del broncoscopio.
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bronchoscopy

n (pl -pies) broncoscopia
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It is necessary to ensure that the endotracheal tube is visible on the distal fiberoptic bronchoscopy monitor for double lumen tube intubations.
Diagnostically accuracy in lung cancer: comparison of techniques used in association with flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy. Chest 1976;69(6):752-7.
The insertion time was taken from start of laryngoscopy till confirmation of position, with or without fiberoptic bronchoscopy.
Among them, three patients were intubated with fiberoptic bronchoscopy, 13 with Macintosh laryngoscopy and 131 with Airtraq laryngoscopy.
Educating anesthesiology residents to perform percutaneous cricothyrotomy, retrograde intubation, and fiberoptic bronchoscopy using preserved cadavers.
To both diagnose AEPs and to rule out possible infectious and cardiac etiology, fiberoptic bronchoscopy for bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and echocardiography was performed.
It is a well-known complication of CT-guided lung biopsy but occurs much less frequently as a complication of diagnostic flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy. According to a nationwide survey of the complications of bronchoscopy conducted in 2010 in Japan, in which questionnaires were collected from 483 out of 538 facilities certificated by the Japan Society for Respiratory Endoscopy, AAE was reported at a frequency of about once every 103978 examinations (0.00096%) [1].
After 3 min, fiberoptic bronchoscopy was performed through the conduit of the LMA, and 3 ml of lidocaine 2% was sprayed around the vocal cords through the work channel of the bronchoscope.
The role of Fiberoptic bronchoscopy monitoring during percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy and its routine use into tracheotomy practice.
Discussion: Endobronchial extent of membrane structures on fiberoptic bronchoscopy, and radiologic pathologies such as in our case is rare in the literature.
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