Bronchoscopy

What you should know about the bronchoscopy

With bronchoscopy Bishop:

* Throat
* The trachea and
* The bronchi

We check if

* Foreign body (aspiration)
* Endobronchial damage
* Location bloodshot

The usefulness of the above are:

* Removal of foreign body
* Sampling of damage for examination (cultivation - cytology-biopsy)
* Wash tracheiovronchikon secretions
* Control bleeding

It is an examination that does not require hospitalization, almost safe, painless and short duration (about 30 minutes, taking into account `and preparation is needed).

The entrance to vronchoskopiou is nasal cavity or the mouth.

The preparation involves a local anesthetic sprayed into the nasal and oral cavity and mild sedation (drunkenness).

The control needed to be done before the bronchoscopy are mainly:

* Check blood clotting
* Cardiological examination
* Spirometry
* Arterial blood gases or oximetry