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Increased hypoxemia in patients with COPD and pulmonary hypertension undergoing bronchoscopy with biopsy

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) are considered to be at risk for complications associated with flexible bronchoscopy (FB), but data concerning the degree of PH are often lacking. We investigated whether COPD patients with PH who undergo bronchoscopy are at greater...

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Autores principales: Neuman, Yoram, Koslow, Matthew, Matveychuk, Alona, Bar-Sef, Avigdor, Guber, Alexander, Shitrit, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4676507/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26674252
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S88946