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Journal of Bronchology:
October 2007 - Volume 14 - Issue 4 - pp 289-292
doi: 10.1097/LBR.0b013e3181572515
Special Report

Creation of an Interventional Bronchoscopy Technical Plateau at Cho Ray Hospital (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam): A World Bronchology Foundation Project

Colt, Henri G. MD; van Tran, Ngoc MD, PhD; Quadrelli, Silvia MD, PhD; Pham van, Thanh MD

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Abstract

Cho Ray Hospital is one of 3 large hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly known as Saigon), Vietnam. Despite limited resources and equipment, more than 3000 flexible bronchoscopies are performed there each year, usually for diagnosis of infection, lung cancer, and airway stenosis. Members of the World Bronchology Foundation (Philanthropic arm of the World Bronchology Foundation) went on-site to deliver a rigid bronchoscope and accessories (Bryan Corp, Woburn, MA). Hands-on training of 2 experienced flexible bronchoscopists occurred daily for 5 days, to achieve proficiency in rigid bronchoscopic resection, dilation, and electrocautery, as well as to recognize indications, contraindications, and patient safety measures pertaining to interventional procedures in patients with central airway obstruction. In addition, a national 5-day continued medical education curriculum devoted to rigid and flexible bronchoscopy was organized for 83 chest physicians and otolaryngologists. Precurriculum and postcurriculum assessments demonstrated increased knowledge acquisition, satisfaction with course content, and a unanimous desire to participate in future national symposia. Subsequent to this intervention, rigid bronchoscopic interventions are now being performed at Cho Ray Hospital, and in other tertiary referral centers in both Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi.

© 2007 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.

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