BACKGROUND Virtual bronchoscopy software is now available to district general hospitals (DGHs). There is limited information on the clinical utility of virtual bronchoscopy and whether it offers any additional information over conventional axial computed tomography in the setting of a busy DGH chest unit. METHODS Virtual bronchoscopy and computed tomography findings were compared in all patie...

AIM To investigate the safety of bronchoscopy and endobronchial biopsy in children with difficult asthma, and discuss the ethical issues associated with the procedure. METHODS A three year prospective observational study was performed in two tertiary paediatric respiratory centres specialising in the management of children with difficult asthma. A total of 48 children with difficult asthma an...

INTRODUCTION Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) is a standard procedure in selected patients with acute respiratory failure. Previous studies have used noninvasive ventilation to ensure adequate gas exchange during fiberoptic bronchoscopy in spontaneously breathing hypoxemic patients, thus avoiding endotracheal intubation. However, it is unknown whether bronchoscopy can be performed safely in patien...

Objective To provide an overview of current literature that informs how to approach simulation practice of bronchoscopy and discuss how findings from other simulation research can help inform the use of simulation in bronchoscopy training. Summary We conducted a literature search on simulation training of bronchoscopy and divided relevant studies in three categories: 1) structuring simulation...

It is unusual but not uncommon for foreign bodies to be missed at bronchoscopy. This case report highlights the importance of the clinical history in the diagnosis of aspirated foreign bodies and the usefulness of chest imaging modalities. A 6-year-old boy presented with recurrent breathlessness and cough of 2 months. He was said to have aspirated the base cap of a pen at about the time symptom...

Aim—To investigate the safety of bronchoscopy and endobronchial biopsy in children with diYcult asthma, and discuss the ethical issues associated with the procedure. Methods—A three year prospective observational study was performed in two tertiary paediatric respiratory centres specialising in the management of children with diYcult asthma. A total of 48 children with diYcult asthma and 35 non...

Quality of bronchoscopy performed by one single pulmonologist in a scarcely populated subarctic area was compared to the guidelines provided by the British Thoracic Society (BTS). 103 patients underwent bronchoscopy. Diagnostic yield was increased to 76.6% when the first bronchoscopy was supplemented by bronchial washing fluid and brush cytology and to 86.7% (BTS guidelines >80%) after a second...

background: optical coherence tomography (oct) is a simple, high-resolution technique to quantify the thickness of retinal nerve fiber layer (rnfl) and macula volume, which provide an indirect measurement of axonal damage in multiple sclerosis (ms). this study aimed to evaluate oct finding in relapsing-remitting ms patients of the northwest of iran and compare them with a normal control group. ...