Therapeutic bronchoscopy is used for all of the following EXCEPT:

a. to remove a foreign body.
b. in selective lavage.
c. in bronchiectasis evaluation.
d. to manage life-threatening hemoptysis.


C
Bronchoscopy can be used to observe a patient's airways for bronchiectasis evaluation. However, this is not a therapeutic procedure to treat the condition. All of the other listed options are therapeutically managed by bronchoscopy.

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