the latest american heart association (aha) statement for preventing infectious endocarditis, has not recommended prophylactic antibiotic therapy prior to fiberoptic bronchoscopy (fb) except for patients with preexisting predisposing cardiac conditions. our aim was to determine the incidence of bacteriemia and fever following fb in our experience and compare with those which have been mentioned...

A 54-year-old male was diagnosed as having synchronous quadruple early stage lung cancer. All four tumors showed the same histologic type of in-situ or microinvasive squamous cell carcinoma, but existed independently in different bronchi. Photodynamic therapy of these four lesions was successfully performed by fiberoptic bronchoscopy because of the patient's poor pulmonary function. The patient...

Pulmonary lower lobe atelectasis/collapse is a common problem in patients undergoing mechanical ventilation. It also occurs non-intubated with traumatic brain or spinal cord injuries, morbid obesities and chest wall disorders. Conventional manoeuvres such as physiotherapy, bronchodilators positive-end expiratory pressure (PEEP) administration are frequently used its management variable success ...

a twenty-year-old girl was referred with tracheal stenosis (ts) which was a consequence of prolonged intubation after head injury because of previous car accident. the patient was aphasic and had normal respiration. fiberoptic bronchoscopy showed complete tracheal obstruction at second tracheal ring level. distal trachea was normal through tracheostomy tube. removal of the tracheostomy tube and...

We have prospectively analyzed the accuracy of and the rate of complications in 205 consecutive flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopic procedures, as performed us the setting of a teaching hospital. The objectives of the procedure were achieved in 89 percent of the cases, but the yield varied widely among 12 diagnostic and therapeutic subgroups. Except in the case of the peripheral nodule, a maligna...

It is with interest that we read Dr. Goldberg’s letter. Although finding a pseudoaneurysm is common, the development of hemoptysis secondary to fistula formation is very rare. The observation that CT scan can be used to identify a patient with ventriculobronchial fistula is very important since many patients now undergo ventricular aneurysm repair and may be at risk for this rare complication.

To the Editor:—Dr. Kristensen has concluded that during intubation with the use of a flexible fiberscope, the use of the Parker Flex-Tube results in a significantly lower rate of repositioning and repeated attempts at passing the tube into the trachea, compared to a standard endotracheal tube. We believe it would be more appropriate to conclude that the Parker tube is better only when the stand...