Bronchoscopy in intensive care unit.

Fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FBS) is a relatively safe procedure, commonly used in intensive care, both to monitor and maintain airways and for the diagnosis the pathology of the pulmonary parenchyma [1, 2]. It is usually practiced in emergency conditions on critically ill patients, who are intubated by controlled ventilation or by non-invasive assisted ventilation. In the latter case bronchoscopy is frequently and easily performed on patients in an iron lung but it can also be performed, though less easily, on patients ventilated by facemask.