Although a rigid bronchoscope can scratch or tear airways or damage the vocal cords, the risk of bronchoscopy is limited.
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Diagnosis with a flexible bronchoscope, which allows the injury to be visualized directly, is the fastest and most reliable technique.
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Navigation is facilitated by an electromagnetic tracking system that detects a position sensor incorporated into a flexible catheter advanced through a bronchoscope.
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But what happens if there's 900 people waiting to be examined for smallpox and you only have 10 bronchoscopes ?"
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Most flexible bronchoscopes also include a channel for suctioning or instrumentation, but these are significantly smaller than those in a rigid bronchoscope.
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Most flexible bronchoscopes also include a channel for suctioning or instrumentation, but these are significantly smaller than those in a rigid bronchoscope.
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This new blade incorporated a component that the operator could slide out to allow room for passage of an endotracheal tube or bronchoscope.
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Bronchoscopes are not steam sterilized like other instruments, but are cleaned with chemicals and washed in a special machine similar to a dishwasher.
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Two patients examined by the devices at Hopkins have died, but doctors were still trying to determine if the defective bronchoscopes were responsible.
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Although 1 in 500 chest x-rays show a peripheral lesion, 65 % of traditional bronchoscopes fail to reach these distant lesions.
