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...

Background Although both methods of spontaneous respiration and controlled ventilation during anesthesia are safe and effective for managing children with foreign body aspiration, there is no consensus from the literature as to which technique is optimal. This study aimed to determine the outcomes of anesthetic techniques in pediatric rigid bronchoscopy for foreign body removal. Materials and M...

a significant reduction in arterial blood oxygen saturation during fiberoptic bronchoscopy has been proved but it is not yet known whether all patients need supplemental oxygen during this procedure. the aim of study is to examine the relationship between peak expiratory flow rate (pefr) before bronchoscopy and oxygen desaturation during bronchoscopy. measurement of pefr (% predicted) performed...

background: sometimes oxygen is given to patients during fiberoptic bronchoscopy to prevent arterial hypoxemia, but oxygen usually is given to patients with spo2 less than 90%. the purpose of this study was to evaluate the patient's oxygen requirement according to spo2 and its relationship with pulmonary function test (pft). methods: from january 2006 to april 2007, 146 patients who needed...

Low-dose computed tomography screening for lung cancer has led to the increased detection of peripheral pulmonary nodules (PPN). Bronchoscopic modalities PPN biopsy (ultrathin bronchoscope, radial endobronchial ultrasound, electromagnetic navigational bronchoscopy) have not consistently shown diagnostic yields as high ultrasound- or tomography-guided transthoracic needle aspiration surgical bio...

o bjective: to describe the clinical characteristics, presentation and management of pardah pin inhalation in female teenagers of single center in northern india. m e thods: this was a prospective cross-sectional study being performed in department of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery of sher-i-kashmir institute of medical sciences located in northern india from january 2009 to december 2012....

background: hemoptysis occurs due to either pulmonary diseases or bronchoscopy interventions. the aim of the present study was to compare the efficacy of the endobronchial instillation of adrenaline with that of tranexamic acid. methods: fifty patients were randomly selected as 2 double-blinded sample groups (n=25). in these patients, bleeding could not be controlled with cold saline lavage dur...