RATIONALE Endobronchial hamartoma, the most common benign lung tumor, is located in the bronchus, and it easily mimics lung cancer or bronchial metastasis. Endobronchial hamartoma can cause coughing, hemoptysis, and pulmonary infection; thus, it should be treated right away by surgery or fiberoptic bronchoscopy. PATIENT CONCERNS We report a rare case of endobronchial hamartoma in which the cl...

  The aim of this study was to determine the ability of bronchial brushing in rapid diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with negative sputum smear.this retrospective study was performed on 188 patients who were suspected of pulmonary tuberculosis and had undergone fiberoptic bronchoscopy during the period of 1990 to 1996 in Kerman university No.1 . Although their history, physical ...

In particular, in the study by Garcia-Rio et al1 the FEVL values of the population with the pneumothorax were particularly low (56±10%), which implies a greater association with hyperinfla¬ tion. Unfortunately, the incidence of patients with a pathologic FEVX (<70%) was not given (it was 19% in our population). The different results in predictivity of FEV1 seem to be conflicting; but without th...

Study objective: To retrospectively review the indications and complications associated with flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FFB) in a university teaching hospital. Design: retrospective review from April 1, 1988 to March 30, 1993. Setting: Large tertiary care university hospital. Patients or participants: We reviewed 4,273 consecutive FFBs, including 2,493 bronchoalveolar lavages and 173 tra...

The electrocardiogram was monitored in 51 patients during fiberoptic bronchoscopic procedures and was compared to recordings made before premedication. Sixteen of the patients had heart disease. During the bronchoscopic procedure, the heart rate increased by 154 "/- 5 percent (+/- SE). The frequency of atrial ectopic beats was minimally increased, by an average 0.15 +/- 0.12 beats per minute (n...

OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to evaluate whether the use of a video double-lumen tube reduced the need for fiberoptic bronchoscopy for (1) verification of initial tube placement and for (2) reverification of correct placement after repositioning for thoracotomy. DESIGN A single-center retrospective study. SETTING Thoracic surgery in a medical university hospital. PARTICIPANTS...