ANALYSIS OF FIBREOPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY STUDIES AT A TERTIARY HEALTH CARE CENTER IN MALWA REGION
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue 9
Abstract
Bronchoscopy is an invasive test done with intention of diagnosing and treating complex pulmonary diseases. As a tertiary referral center in central India we received several such cases and analyzed 200 Bronchoscopy performed over 1 year. The indications of bronchoscopy are numerous and usually based on the presence of respiratory symptoms and abnormal chest radiograph or both. Common indications include peripheral pulmonary masses, hemoptysis, chronic cough, pleural effusion, recent or unresolved pneumonia, pulmonary tuberculosis, and lung collapse. In areas with high prevalence of pulmonary tuberculosis, bronchoscopy and bronchoscopic lung biopsy were found to be useful for diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis especially in the absence of radiological infiltration and negative sputum smears for acid fast bacilli. Several studies have shown that bronchoscopy is a safe procedure that carries very low mortality rate that ranges from 0% to 0.1%.
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Satish Motiwale, Ravindra Chordiya, Prakash Joshi
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- DOI 10.14260/jemds/2014/2123
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