Transbronchial lung biopsy with a flexible cryoprobe during rigid bronchoscopy: Standardizing the procedure

Cerebral air embolism following transbronchial lung biopsy during flexible bronchoscopy

During a diagnostic flexible bronchoscopy an 84 year old patient suffered a sudden reduction in conscious level following a transbronchial lung biopsy. A subsequent computed tomography brain scan confirmed cerebral air emboli. The patient survived following a period of supportive treatment in the critical care unit. Transbronchial lung biopsy may cause disruption of vessels walls within the lun...

Electromagnetic navigation diagnostic bronchoscopy and transbronchial biopsy.

Chest Physicians members (in the Chest Infections and Critical Care Network) in 2004 to elucidate which of these admission guidelines and diagnostic criteria are utilized in practice. The first questionnaire asked physicians which of the following ICU admission criteria they use: American Thoracic Society (ATS) 1993 and 2001,1 British Thoracic Society (BTS) CURB or CURB-65,1 pneumonia severity ...

Transbronchial cryobiopsy: a new tool for lung biopsies.

BACKGROUND Specimens from transbronchial lung biopsies lack sufficient quality due to crush artifact and are generally too small for diagnosis of diffuse lung diseases. Flexible cryoprobes have been shown to be useful in therapeutic bronchoscopy. We introduce a novel technique for obtaining lung biopsies bronchoscopically, using a flexible cryoprobe. OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was t...

Transbronchial Lung Biopsy

Transbronchial Lung biopsy (TBBx) also known as “Bronchoscopic Lung Biopsy” is one of the most important sampling procedures performed during fl exible bronchoscopy. In majority of cases, TBBx is performed under conscious sedation in an outpatient setting. TBBx is performed for obtaining tissue specimen from peripheral lung masses and focal or diffuse lung in fi ltrates. The technique is useful...

Complications in Transbronchial Lung Biopsy