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...

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...

Fiberoptic bronchoscopy is a widely performed procedure that is generally considered to be safe. The first performed bronchoscopy was done by Gustav Killian in 1897; however, the development of flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy was accomplished by Ikeda in 1964(1). Flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy is a key diagnostic and therapeutic procedure(2). It is estimated that more than 500,000 of these p...

Although histoplasmosis is the most common fungal infection of the lungs in the United States, there are no reports evaluating the efficacy of fiberoptic bronchoscopy in the diagnosis of this disease. We reviewed all cases of histoplasmosis diagnosed at our institution from 1972 to 1987. Of 469 patients, 71 underwent fiberoptic bronchoscopy and had culture/histologic proof of histoplasmosis est...

Forty-five specimens were obtained by sequential translaryngeal aspiration and fiberoptic bronchoscopy from 31 clinically uninfected patients with lung cancer in order to evaluate the reliability of routine fiberoptic bronehoscopy for culture of the tower respiratory tract. Bacteria were recovered from 98 percent (44) of the specimens obtained ‘via fiberoptic bronchoscopy and from 58 percent (2...

tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica (to) is a rare and usually benign disorder affecting the trachea and occasionally the bronchi. a case of to was diagnosed in a 61 year old male farmer presenting with pulmonary infections and prolonged productive cough. a bronchoscopy revealed multiple nodular excrescences aong the anterolateral wall of the trachea and main bronchi. ct scans showed mode...

The need for fiberoptic bronchoscopy in the patient with hemoptysis and a normal or nonlocalizing chest roentgenogram remains a subject of debate. Currently, diagnostic fiberoptic bronchoscopy is recommended as the investigative procedure of choice. To develop predictors that identify the patient in whom fiberoptic bronchoscopy is most likely to be diagnostic, we reviewed our community's experi...

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 fibe...

This retrospective analysis documents the usefulness of fiberoptic bronchoscopy in finding the etiology of 56 cases of unresolved atelectasis in infancy, over a two year period (June 2005 to May 2007). Fiberoptic bronchoscopy identified the etiology leading to a revised diagnosis and change in management strategy in 38 (67.8%) cases, which included congenital airway anomalies (46.4%), inflammat...