Diagnostic role of flexible bronchoscopy
The diagnostic indications for flexible bronchoscopy include:
- lung cancer:
- the type and operability of lung tumours can be assessed
- the type and operability of lung tumours can be assessed
- pneumonia:
- good for identifying infecting organism
- good for identifying infecting organism
- interstitial lung disease:
- permits histoloy and analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage
- permits histoloy and analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage
- causes of haemoptysis, cough and recurrent pneumonia
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