Fiberoptic bronchoscopy was performed in 30 cases of suspected pulmonary tuberculosis. Sputum was negative for tubercle bacilli in all the patients, but in specimens obtained at bronchoscopy tubercle bacilli were found in 86.6%. By postbronchoscopy sputum smear examination tubercle bacilli were detected in 73.3% of the cases.

A questionnaire was sent to 1,041 owners of fiberoptic bronchoscopes requesting data about complications of bronchoscopic examination; 323 (31 percent) of the questionnaires were returned. From approximately 48,000 procedures, ten deaths were reported and are described. Information about two additional deaths not obtained from data on the questionnaires is also included. All patients who died h...

Massive hemoptysis is a life-threatening condition with a high mortality when treated conservatively. Several modalities have been described in the treatment of hemoptysis with varying results. Endobronchial therapy has traditionally been performed with rigid bronchoscopy. This requires both specialized training and equipment that is not readily available in many centers. The role of fiberoptic...

BACKGROUND The combination of cytology and biopsies improves the recognition and typing of small cell (SCLC) versus non small cell (NSCLC) lung cancers in the fiberoptic bronchoscopy assessment of centrally located tumours. METHODS We studied whether bronchial aspirates performed before biopsies (BA) and washings performed after biopsies (BW) could increase the diagnostic yield of fiberoptic ...

From January 1982 to April 1987 , 1500 cases of fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB) were performed. Among these cases, 37 were suspected of having pulmonary tuberculosis but their sputum examination was either negative or they were not able to expectorate. In all these cases pulmonary TB was confirmed either by bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid examination or by biopsy. We conclude that FOB is ...

Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica (TO) is a relatively rare benign disease, around 300 and 130 cases have been reported in English and Japanese literature, respectively. Most of the cases have been diagnosed incidentally at autopsy. Due to the widespread use of fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB), the number of cases diagnosed upon examination is increasing. Here, we report a case of a 72 yea...

Introduction Remifentanil target-controlled infusion (TCI), widely used in the operating room owing to its reliability, is poorly assessed in the ICU, while several procedures may induce pain and discomfort. Only one series of 14 patients focused on Remifentanil-TCI use for performing fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FB) in the ICU [1]. We aimed to assess Remifentanil-TCI feasibility, safety and tolera...