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  2. Bronchoscopy - Wikipedia

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    Bronchoscopy is an endoscopic technique of visualizing the inside of the airways for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. An instrument ( bronchoscope ) is inserted into the airways, usually through the nose or mouth, or occasionally through a tracheostomy .

  3. Bronchoalveolar lavage - Wikipedia

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    Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), also known as bronchoalveolar washing, is a diagnostic method of the lower respiratory system in which a bronchoscope is passed through the mouth or nose into an appropriate airway in the lungs, with a measured amount of fluid introduced and then collected for examination.

  4. How to reduce the chance of contracting pneumonia and other ...

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    Sometimes, patients undergo a bronchoscopy, in which a flexible tube goes into the airways to take samples for testing. Patients who require hospitalization will also receive blood tests ...

  5. Lung biopsy - Wikipedia

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    Any approach to lung biopsy risks causing a pneumothorax.Careful technique can limit this risk, which ranges from less than 1% to about 10%. The precise risk of pneumothorax depends on technique and on underlying lung disease, as certain lung diseases such as COPD can increase the risk of pneumothorax.

  6. Bronchial thermoplasty - Wikipedia

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    Have a known sensitivity to medications required to perform bronchoscopy, including lidocaine, atropine and benzodiazepines; Have previously been treated with bronchial thermoplasty; Bronchial thermoplasty is irreversible; the smooth muscle tissue which is destroyed cannot be recovered.

  7. He's a doctor studying why lung cancer rates are rising in ...

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    “As a doctor, you have an awareness but not necessarily a visceral understanding of what a patient goes through,” he says. “The data, the science — as a patient, that’s like 2% of your day.

  8. Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery - Wikipedia

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    Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is a type of minimally invasive thoracic surgery performed using a small video camera mounted to a fiberoptic thoracoscope (either 5 mm or 10 mm caliber), with or without angulated visualization, which allows the surgeon to see inside the chest by viewing the video images relayed onto a television screen, and perform procedures using elongated ...

  9. Pope hospitalized for 'necessary tests' as bronchitis ...

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    Pope Francis was admitted to a hospital on Friday for "necessary tests" and to continue his ongoing bronchitis treatment, the Vatican said. "This morning, at the end of the audiences, Pope Francis ...