Iatrogenic bleeding during flexible bronchoscopy: risk factors, prophylactic measures and management

Maurizio Bernasconi, Coenraad F.N. Koegelenberg, Angela Koutsokera, Adam Ogna, Alessio Casutt, Laurent Nicod, Alban Lovis

Source: ERJ Open Res, 3 (2) 00084-2016; 10.1183/23120541.00084-2016
Journal Issue: April

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