Application of Rigid Broncoscopy with Heated Serum Physiologic


Erol M. M., MELEK H., Girgin N. K., BAYRAM A. S.

JOURNAL OF THE TURKISH SOCIETY OF INTENSIVE CARE-TURK YOGUN BAKM DERNEGI DERGISI, cilt.10, sa.3, ss.125-127, 2012 (ESCI) identifier

Özet

Rigid bronchoscopy (RB) is a procedure commonly performed thoracic surgery is quite routine. The main application areas of bronchoscopy; foreign body aspiration, atelectasis, control of hemoptysis and diagnostic procedures. In bronchoscopy, cold Serum Physiologic (SP) is used for irrigation. In this article, we present a case used warm SP in order to open an atelectasis during broncoscopy that have never been used in the literature.