The fiberoptic bronchoscope.
The fibertopic bronchoscope was used in 14 cases in the emergency department between September 1974 and September 1976 at Lock Haven Hospital, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania and St. Charles Hospital, Toledo, Ohio. It was used successfully to remove foreign bodies from the trachea and esophagus; in difficult or hazardous endotracheal intubation; intubation in a victim of cardiac arrest with a cervical deformity; evaluation of laryngeal and tracheal injury; localization of bleeding from the posterior nose; evaluation of hemoptysis, and evaluation of thermal injuries from smoke inhalation.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D020680:Bronchoscopes; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004947:Esophagus; D005260:Female; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010614:Pharynx; D014132:Trachea