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David E Ost. Chest. 2015 Nov.

. 2015 Nov;148(5):e161-e162.

doi: 10.1378/chest.15-1578.

¹ Department of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX. Electronic address: dost@mdanderson.org.

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Therapeutic bronchoscopy for malignant central airway obstruction: success rates and impact on dyspnea and quality of life.
Ost DE, Ernst A, Grosu HB, Lei X, Diaz-Mendoza J, Slade M, Gildea TR, Machuzak MS, Jimenez CA, Toth J, Kovitz KL, Ray C, Greenhill S, Casal RF, Almeida FA, Wahidi MM, Eapen GA, Feller-Kopman D, Morice RC, Benzaquen S, Tremblay A, Simoff M; AQuIRE Bronchoscopy Registry. Ost DE, et al. Chest. 2015 May;147(5):1282-1298. doi: 10.1378/chest.14-1526. Chest. 2015. PMID: 25358019 Free PMC article.
Therapeutic Bronchoscopy: "Can" Does Not Necessarily Mean "Should".
Shulimzon TR, Segel MJ. Shulimzon TR, et al. Chest. 2015 Nov;148(5):e161. doi: 10.1378/chest.15-1555. Chest. 2015. PMID: 26527445 No abstract available.

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