Sputum Culture: Risks
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Risks
Your throat may feel sore following bronchoscopy or collection of a sputum sample using a nasotracheal catheter.
If you have severe asthma or bronchitis, you may find it difficult to breathe during collection of a sputum sample using a nasotracheal catheter.
In rare cases, a transtracheal aspiration may damage your voice box (larynx) or cause an infection, excessive bleeding, or air to leak from your windpipe (trachea) into the tissues of your neck.
| Last updated: | March 21, 2007 |
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| Author: | Jan Nissl, RN, BS |
| Reviewed By: | Caroline S. Rhoads, MD - Internal Medicine, Robert L. Cowie, MB, FCP(SA), MD, MSc, MFOM - Pulmonology |
| Editors: | Sydney Youngerman-Cole, RN, BSN, RNC, Tracy Landauer |
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