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bronchoscope /bron·cho·scope/ (brong´kah-skop) an instrument for inspecting the interior of the tracheobronchial tree and doing diagnostic and therapeutic maneuvers such as removing specimens or foreign bodies.bronchoscop´ic fiberoptic bronchoscope bronchofiberscope.
Bronchoscope A lighted, flexible tube inserted into the windpipe to view the bronchi or withdraw fluid samples for testing. Bronchoscopy with a protected brush can be used in the diagnosis of lung abscess in severely ill patients. Mentioned in: Foreign Objects, Lung Abscess bronchoscope, n a curved flexible tube for visual examination of the bronchi. bronchoscope an endoscope especially designed for passage through the trachea to permit inspection of the interior of the tracheobronchial tree and carrying out of endobronchial diagnostic and therapeutic maneuvers, such as taking specimens for culture and biopsy and removing foreign bodies. fiberoptic bronchoscope bronchofiberscope. |
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A false-positive TB culture is defined as a positive TB culture that is not the result of culture-positive disease in a patient but instead may be due to 1) laboratory cross-contamination during specimen processing; 2) errors in collection or labeling, either on the patient ward or in the laboratory; or 3) contamination of clinical devices, for example, contamination of a bronchoscope during specimen collection. In these cases, a controlled tracheotomy over a laryngeal mask airway or over a rigid ventilating bronchoscope can be performed. BAL samples only distinct segments of the lung distal to the bronchus into which the bronchoscope is wedged (Kelly et al. |
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