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UK
/bɹˈɒnkəskˌəʊp/
]
[ US /ˈbɹɑnkəˈskoʊp/ ]
[ US /ˈbɹɑnkəˈskoʊp/ ]
NOUN
- a slender tubular instrument used to examine the bronchial tubes
How To Use bronchoscope In A Sentence
- As the majority of commercially available bronchoscopes are not electrically grounded, the bronchoscopist risks becoming the grounding electrode should the unipolar probe tip touch the scope while the current is on.
- For example, an observational study of 26 U.S. facilities revealed that the vast majority of endoscopes and bronchoscopes were improperly disinfected.
- Ventilation was provided by a high-frequency jet ventilator through a cannula attached to the proximal port of the rigid bronchoscope.
- Tracheal stent insertion was performed under general anesthesia with a rigid bronchoscope.
- In a half-hour outpatient procedure, doctors thread a flexible tube called a bronchoscope through the nose or throat and down into the airways. Those With Severe Asthma Offered Radical Treatment
- Semicritical items that will come in contact with mucous membranes and nonintact skin (eg, bronchoscopes, laryngoscopes) require high-level disinfection.
- Side effects of electrocautery include bleeding, airway perforation, endobronchial fire, as well as damage to the bronchoscope.
- While the bronchoscope is passed through your nose or throat into the lungs, it may cause some discomfort.
- Diagnosis may require some or all of these tests: chest X-ray cardiac MRI – a three-dimensional image shows the heart and vessel abnormalities chest CT (CAT scan) echocardiogram – sound waves create an image of the heart bronchoscopy – a doctor looks at the trachea using an instrument called a bronchoscope (while patient is under anesthesia) gastrointestinal tests such as barium swallow Vascular Ring
- The probe was led through the working channel of the bronchoscope and placed in gentle contact with the bronchial mucosa.