Open AccessCharacteristics and Financial Costs of Patients With Respiratory Failure at Bronchoscopy
Author(s) -
Fares G. Mouchantaf,
Eugene Shostak,
Carla Lamb
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of bronchology and interventional pulmonology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1944-6586
pISSN - 1948-8270
DOI - 10.1097/lbr.0b013e31825aa467
Subject(s) - medicine , bronchoscopy , nasal cannula , intubation , intensive care unit , pulse oximetry , anesthesia , cannula , surgery
A case-control study was conducted to identify the possible risk factors for acute respiratory failure in patients undergoing bronchoscopy. We also aimed to estimate the financial costs incurred in the care of high-risk patients.