What Is a Bronchoscopy?
A bronchoscopy is often done to evaluate symptoms such as a chronic cough, or coughing up blood. How is bronchoscopy used for diagnosis and treatment and what are possible complications? (Source: About.com Lung Cancer)
Source: About.com Lung Cancer - June 5, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: health Source Type: news
Chevalier Jackson: pioneer and protector of children - Giddings CE, Rimmer J, Weir N.
Chevalier Jackson was one of the greatest pioneers of otolaryngology. He was a pioneer of oesophagoscopy, bronchoscopy and the removal of foreign bodies. He changed the mortality rate for an airway foreign body from 98 per cent to a survival rate of 98 per... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - May 30, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
How Do Airway Malacias Present?
Discussion
Stridor is a variably pitched sound caused by increased turbulence and airflow through a narrowed part of the large airway. Usually due to narrowing of the larynx or extrathoracic trachea, stridor is usually inspiratory.
Biphasic stridor usually is due to a fixed airway obstruction at the level of the glottis or subglottis but may also extend to the mid-thoracic trachea.
Stridor is different than stertor which is a heavy-snoring, inspiratory sound occurring in coma or deep sleep, sometimes due to obstruction of the larynx or upper airways. Causes of stertor include choanal stenosis, enlarged tonsils and/or aden...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - April 15, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Donna M. D'Alessandro, M.D. Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Role of flexible bronchoscopy in the diagnosis of pulmonary infiltrates in pediatric patients with cancer
Stokes DC, Shenep JL, Parham D, Bozeman PM, Marienchek W, Mackert PW (Source: The Aspergillus Website - articles)
Source: The Aspergillus Website - articles - January 10, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: news
What Does it Mean if I Have Precancerous Cells?
<p>A question I received recently came from a woman who had recently had a <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=/od/typesoflungcancer/a/bronchoscopy.htm">bronchoscopy</a> for a <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=/od/symptoms/a/Persistent-Cough.htm">persistent cough</a>. Her doctor told her she had precancerous cells in her airways.</p>
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Source: About.com Lung Cancer - January 9, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Revised Article-Bronchoscopy
Bronchoscopy is a procedure that allows your doctor to look inside your lungs airways, called the bronchi and bronchioles. (Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Topics)
Source: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Health Topics - February 8, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Canada ’s Health Minister Tours STRATUS
During her recent visit to Boston, Canada ’s Minister of Health experienced one method of training health care providers receive for placing a central line, performing a bronchoscopy and surgical knot-tying. (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - April 3, 2009 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
