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Medical Author:

Sat Sharma, MD, FRCPC, FCCP

Medical Editor:

Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM

Medical Editor:

Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD

Medical Editor:

Jerry R. Balentine, DO, FACEP

Jerry R. Balentine, DO, FACEP

Dr. Balentine received his undergraduate degree from McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland. He attended medical school at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine graduating in1983. He completed his internship at St. Joseph's Hospital in Philadelphia and his Emergency Medicine residency at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center in the Bronx, where he served as chief resident.

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Bronchoscopy Preparation

• Prior to the procedure, your doctor will discuss with you the following:
  
  
  • The need to do a bronchoscopy
    
    
  • What doctors hope to achieve
    
    
  • The risks of your procedure
    
    
  • Potential complications
  
  
• The doctor also will do the following:
  
  
  • Create an accurate medical history
    
    
  • Examine your lungs and heart
    
    
  • Take a chest x-ray
    
    
  • Perform appropriate blood tests if you have a high risk of bleeding
  
  
• You will be asked to fast for at least 6 hours before the procedure.