{"id":17963,"date":"2018-03-01T01:04:45","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T23:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hygeia.gr\/?p=17963"},"modified":"2018-03-01T01:04:45","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T23:04:45","slug":"bronchoscopy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hygeia.gr\/en\/bronchoscopy\/","title":{"rendered":"Bronchoscopy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Bronchoscopy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bronchoscopy is a procedure used to examine the airways that lead to the lungs. A thin flexible instrument is inserted through the mouth or nose. It is a painless procedure that carries minor risks and is used to diagnose and treat various diseases.<\/p>\n<p>The procedure must be performed on an empty stomach, for at least 8 hours. If you need to take medications, do so with very little water.<br \/>\nDuring the exam, you will be administered medications that will cause mild sedation, so it is best to be accompanied by another adult.<br \/>\nBefore the exam, the nursing staff will administer local anesthesia in spray form through the mouth and nose, and will also give you oxygen.<br \/>\nWhile receiving local anesthesia, you may experience some discomfort, but rest assured that you can breathe normally. An anesthesiologist is present throughout the procedure, which usually lasts about 30-60 minutes.<br \/>\nAfter the bronchoscopy, you will need about an hour to fully recover. You will start regaining sensation in your mouth in about 2 hours, so do not eat anything during that time.<br \/>\nIf you are taking aspirin or other anticoagulants, tell you doctor before undergoing a bronchoscopy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bronchoscopy Bronchoscopy is a procedure used to examine the airways that lead to the lungs. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hygeia.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hygeia.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hygeia.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hygeia.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hygeia.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hygeia.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17963\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hygeia.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hygeia.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hygeia.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}