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Respiratory Therapist

Category - Patient Evaluations and Recommendations

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What procedure is recommended for obtaining specimens from the lung when other procedures such as a sputum sample have failed?

Suctioning
Bronchoscopy
PFT
ABG

Explanation

Answer: B - A bronchoscopy is a procedure for obtaining specimens from the lung if other procedures have failed.

A bronchoscopy is used for obtaining anaerobic specimens, for cytology for diagnosis of cancer, diagnosis of pneumonia and for bacterial, fungal, and viral pathogens when more simple methods have failed.

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