HAEMOPTYSIS – INDICATIONS FOR BRONCHOSCOPY

Haemoptysis as an indication for bronchoscopy.

Catastrophic haemoptysis during rigid bronchoscopy: a discussion of treatment options to salvage patients during catastrophic haemoptysis at rigid bronchoscopy.

OBJECTIVE We report a negative experience of fatal haemorrhage during rigid bronchoscopy when an intrabronchial lesion was biopsied. Despite being prepared for and carrying out emergency sternotomy and clamping the lung hilum, the patient died. METHODS We reviewed mainly non-surgical literature for recommendations for the management of catastrophic bleeding at bronchoscopy. RESULTS The lite...

Bronchoscopy, indications, safety and complications.

OBJECTIVE To review the safety, indications, complications of flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopies performed at university teaching hospital, and to correlate the bronchoscopic findings with radiology, histology, and history of smoking. METHODS A total of 124 consecutive flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopies were reviewed in the last 3 years. A special form that contains personal data, indications...

Bronchoscopy during noninvasive ventilation: indications and technique.

Diagnostic or therapeutic flexible bronchoscopy is often necessary in severely ill patients. These patients often have comorbidities that increase the risk of bronchoscopy-related complications. Noninvasive ventilation might decrease the risk of these complications in patients with severe refractory hypoxemia, postoperative respiratory distress, or severe emphysema, and in pediatric patients. N...

Paediatric flexible bronchoscopy and its indications.

Paediatric flexible bronchoscopy (F.B.) with bronchoalveolar lavage (B.A.L.) is an increasingly important investigation. Retrospective review of 180 FB performed over a 5 year period by a single operator was undertaken. Common indications included recurrent lower respiratory tract infections (n = 92, 51%), persistent atelectasis (n = 43, 24%), persistent infiltrates (n = 18, 10%) and persistent...