INVASIVE PROCEDURES FOR DIAGNOSING PULMONARY INFECTION

A fiberoptic bronchoscopy technique to obtain uncontaminated lower airway secretions for bacterial culture.

1979 • 410 citations

Diagnostic Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy

1975 • 398 citations

Complications of fiberoptic bronchoscopy.

1974 • 307 citations

Deaths and Complications Associated with Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy

1976 • 294 citations

The nonvalue of sputum culture in the diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia.

1971 • 269 citations

Complications of Percutaneous Transthoracic Needle Aspiration Biopsy

1976 • 244 citations

Transbronchial Lung Biopsy via the Fiberoptic Bronchoscope

1975 • 215 citations

Diffuse pulmonary infiltrates in immunosuppressed patients

1979 • 182 citations

Lung biopsy in immunocompromised hosts

1975 • 174 citations

Diagnostic Usefulness and Safety of Transtracheal Aspiration

1967 • 173 citations

Pulmonary Hemorrhage in Fiberoptic Transbronchial Biopsy

1976 • 172 citations

Should fiberoptic bronchoscopy aspirates be cultured?

1976 • 166 citations

Bacteriologic diagnosis of acute pneumonia. Comparison of sputum, transtracheal aspirates, and lung aspirates.

1976 • 158 citations

Implantation Metastasis after Percutaneous Transthoracic Needle Aspiration Biopsy

1976 • 145 citations

Transtracheal Aspiration in the Evaluation of Patients with Pneumonia

1970 • 136 citations

Open-Lung Biopsy in Diffuse Pulmonary Disease

1964 • 134 citations

Transbronchial biopsy via flexible fiberoptic bronchoscope; results in 164 patients.

1976 • 134 citations

Arterial Hypoxemia Induced by Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy

1974 • 133 citations

Transthoracic Needle Biopsy

1967 • 133 citations

Accuracy of Gram's stain in identifying pneumococci in sputum

1978 • 128 citations

Pulmonary infiltrates and fever in patients with hematologic malignancy

1977 • 126 citations

Lung Puncture in the Etiological Diagnosis of Pneumonia

1971 • 124 citations

Diagnostic accuracy of transtracheal aspiration bacteriologic studies.

1977 • 119 citations

Misinformation from sputum cultures without microscopic examination

1977 • 117 citations

Bacteriologic Diagnosis of Acute Pneumonia

1976 • 110 citations

Fever and pneumonia after flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy.

1975 • 105 citations

Percutaneous Transthoracic Aspiration Needle Biopsy

1978 • 104 citations

Needle Diagnosis of Pneumonitis

1972 • 104 citations

Flexible Bronchofiberscope

1970 • 103 citations

Diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis by flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy.

1979 • 102 citations

BIOPSY OF DIFFUSE PULMONARY LESIONS

1949 • 102 citations

Open lung biopsy in the immunosuppressed patient

1979 • 102 citations

Open Lung Biopsy for the Diagnosis of Acute, Diffuse Pulmonary Infiltrates in the Immunosuppressed Patient

1978 • 97 citations

Treatment of aspiration pneumonia and primary lung abscess. Penicillin G vs clindamycin.

1975 • 96 citations

Diagnosis ofPneumocystis cariniiPneumonitis by Means of Endobronchial Brush Biopsy

1972 • 95 citations

Outbreak of Serratia Marcescens Associated with the Flexible Fiberbronchoscope

1975 • 95 citations

DIAGNOSTIC LUNG PUNCTURE IN THE PNEUMONIAS OF INFANTS AND CHILDREN

1969 • 94 citations

Trephine air drill, bronchial brush, and fiberoptic transbronchial lung biopsies in immunosuppressed patients.

1977 • 93 citations

Air Embolism Complicating Percutaneous Needle Biopsy of the Lung

1973 • 90 citations

Complications of Transtracheal Aspiration

1972 • 89 citations

Etiologic Diagnosis of Focal Pulmonary Infection in Immunocompromised Patients by Fluoroscopically Guided Percutaneous Needle Aspiration

1979 • 84 citations

Transbronchial Lung Biopsy in the Compromised Host

1977 • 84 citations

Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia

1975 • 84 citations

A METHOD OF SECURING UNCONTAMINATED TRACHEAL SECRETIONS FOR BACTERIAL EXAMINATION

1959 • 83 citations

Atlas of Flexible Bronchofiberscopy.

1975 • 81 citations

Diagnostic lavage and occult pulmonary hemorrhage in thrombocytopenic immunocompromised patients.

1977 • 80 citations

Treatment of Aspiration Pneumonia and Primary Lung Abscess

1975 • 78 citations

Lung tap in childhood. Bacteria, viruses, and mycoplasmas in acute lower respiratory tract infections.

1969 • 74 citations

Transtracheal Aspiration Complicated by Fatal Endotracheal Hemorrhage

1976 • 70 citations

Transbronchial Biopsy in Diffuse Lung Disease

1978 • 65 citations

Lung biopsy in the diagnosis of diffuse lung disease.

1970 • 65 citations

Diagnostic fibreoptic bronchoscopy in the immunocompromised host with pulmonary infiltrates.

1977 • 64 citations

Anaerobic bacterial pneumonitis.

1979 • 64 citations

Percutaneous Transthoracic Needle Aspiration of the Lung

1977 • 62 citations

Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy and Culture of Bacteria from the Lower Respiratory Tract

1977 • 62 citations

Pulmonary Infection in the Compromised Host

2015 • 60 citations

Percutaneous Needle Biopsy of the Lung

1967 • 60 citations

Transbronchial Forceps Lung Biopsy Through the Fiberoptic Bronchoscope in Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia

1974 • 59 citations

Percutaneous Needle Biopsy of the Lung: Report of Two Fatal Complications

1974 • 58 citations

Sensitivity and specificity of the nonspecific transbronchial lung biopsy.

1979 • 56 citations

The Causes of Interstitial Pneumonitis in Immunocompromised Children: An Aggressive Systematic Approach to Diagnosis

1977 • 55 citations

Diagnosis of Pneumonia due to Pneumocystis by Subsegmental Pulmonary Lavage via the Fiberoptic Bronchoscope

1978 • 52 citations

LUNG TAP IN CHILDHOOD

1969 • 52 citations

Management of Arterial Hypoxemia Induced by Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy

1975 • 50 citations

Diagnosis of Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia by Bronchopulmonary Lavage

1974 • 49 citations

Fibreoptic bronchoscopy and diagnosis of pulmonary lesions in lymphoma and leukaemia.

1980 • 48 citations

The usefulness of fiberoptic bronchoscopy in evaluating new pulmonary lesions in the compromised host

1979 • 47 citations

Fiberoptic bronchoscopy in the immunocompromised host: the significance of a "nonspecific" transbronchial biopsy.

1980 • 46 citations

Flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy

1976 • 46 citations

Transtracheal Aspiration

1979 • 45 citations

Biopsy of Diffuse Pulmonary Lesions

1967 • 43 citations

Flexible Fiberoptic Bronchoscope

1971 • 43 citations

LUNG PUNCTURE IN LOBAR PNEUMONIA

1936 • 42 citations

Diagnosis of Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia by Transbronchoscopic Lung Biopsy

1973 • 40 citations

Fatal Complication of Transtracheal Aspiration

1973 • 39 citations

Fatal pulmonary hemorrhage after transbronchial lung biopsy through the fiberoptic bronchoscope.

1975 • 39 citations

Fatal Pulmonary Hemorrhage After Percutaneous Aspiration Lung Biopsy¹

1974 • 38 citations

Open Lung Biopsy; A Strong Stand

1971 • 31 citations

Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy in the Diagnosis of Pulmonary Fungal and Nocardial Infections

1978 • 29 citations

Diagnostic lung puncture.

1969 • 28 citations

Atlas of Flexible Bronchofiberscopy

1975 • 28 citations

Fiberoptic and Rigid Bronchoscopy: The State of the Art

1974 • 26 citations

An evaluation of open lung biopsy.

1973 • 25 citations

Transtracheal Aspiration in the Diagnosis of Lower Respiratory Tract Infections

1972 • 23 citations

Transtracheal aspiration in the diagnosis of acute lower respiratory tract infection.

1962 • 23 citations

Percutaneous Trephine Lung Biopsy

1976 • 23 citations

Transtracheal Aspiration in Diagnosis of Sputum-Smear—Negative Tuberculosis

1977 • 19 citations

Paratracheal Abscess: An Unusual Complication of Transtracheal Aspiration

1974 • 18 citations

Anterior Cervical Infections: Complications of Transtracheal Aspirations^1,2

1974 • 18 citations

The Flexible Fiberscope in Bronchoscopic Perspective

1973 • 16 citations

Diagnosis of milary tuberculosis by transbronchial lung biopsy.

1975 • 16 citations

Serious infectious complications after flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy.

1979 • 12 citations

Rapid Definitive Diagnosis of Legionnaires Disease

1979 • 10 citations

Bilateral pneumothorax complicating transtracheal aspiration.

1976 • 9 citations

Bronchial Brush Biopsy in Hodgkin's Disease

1974 • 9 citations

Sputum or Spit?

1979 • 6 citations

Transtracheal Aspiration

1970 • 3 citations

The “Territorial Domain” of Hemoptysis

1974 • 2 citations

Dmitri Shostakovich(1906- )

1974 • 1 citations