BACKGROUND Although electrocoagulation at time of endobronchial biopsy can potentially reduce procedure-related bleeding during fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB), it can also impair quality of tissue specimen; credible data for either are lacking. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the impact of hot biopsy on the quality of tissue samples and to quantify the amount of procedure-related bleeding during endobro...

AIM To evaluate the indications and the safety of fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB) with bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), protected specimen brushing (PSB), endobronchial biopsy (EBB), and transbronchial biopsy (TBB) in a population of very elderly patients. METHODS We performed a retrospective study of all adult patients, aged 50 years or older, who underwent FOB in the Bronchology Unit of the Univ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Sputum smear staining for acid-fast bacilli is initial approach to the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) but more than 50% of cases are sputum smear-negative. This study was aimed to investigate the diagnostic value of fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB) guided bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) in patients suspected to have tuberculosis. METHODS This prospective cross-s...

Fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB) may worsen oxygenation and clinical status in severely hypoxemic patients. We conducted a prospective, randomized double-blind trial to compare the delivery of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) as a tool for maintaining oxygenation during FOB, to the delivery of oxygen only. Thirty consecutive patients who needed FOB for diagnostic purposes were enrolled. ...

OBJECTIVE To describe the indications, diagnostic performance and safety of fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB) performed in a respiratory intensive care unit (RICU). DESIGN A prospective, observational study was carried out. SETTING A 6-bed RICU in a tertiary university hospital. PATIENTS Patients admitted to RICU who required FOB. INTERVENTIONS None. MAIN MEASUREMENTS FOB indications and ...

Preoperative bronchoscopic findings of thyroid carcinoma with tracheal invasion were examined and compared with the histopathological findings. Tracheal sleeve resection was performed in 20 cases. The bronchoscopic findings were classified into 5 types: confirmed tumor in the tracheal lumen (5 cases), extramural compression of the trachea plus mucosal change (9 cases), extramural compression of...

STUDY OBJECTIVES To evaluate factors affecting the diagnostic yield of flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy in evaluating solitary pulmonary nodules (SPNs). DESIGN Retrospective analysis of bronchoscopies performed over a 4-year period. SETTING A tertiary teaching hospital. PATIENTS One hundred seventy-seven patients with pulmonary nodules without endobronchial lesions who underwent bronchosc...

Fiberoptic bronchoscopy was carried out in 28 patients with an undiagnosed pleural effusion. In four patients, the diagnosis was made by this examination. Three patients had bronchial carcinomas, and one had tuberculosis. None of these four patients had roentgenographic evidence of pulmonary infiltrates, atelectasis, or mass lesions. Pleuroscopic examination was performed in 14 patients with th...

Objective. To test the hypothesis that the application of 4% cocaine-soaked cotton pledgets to each piriform sinus for one minute represents a safe and efficacious method of providing additional topical anesthesia for fiberoptic bronchoscopy. Materials and Methods. We retrospectively reviewed all FBs performed at Mayo Clinic Jacksonville from January 1999 to April 2004. Data abstracted included...