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Bronchoscopy in the intensive care unit.

  • Jolliet P Soins Intensifs de Médecine, Hôpital Cantonal Universitaire, Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Chevrolet JC
  • 1992-01-01
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  • Intensive care medicine. - 1992
Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
Bronchoscopes
Bronchoscopy
Cross Infection
Hemodynamics
Hemoptysis
High-Frequency Jet Ventilation
Humans
Intensive Care Units
Intubation, Intratracheal
Pneumonia
Pulmonary Atelectasis
Pulmonary Circulation
Pulmonary Gas Exchange
Respiration, Artificial
Respiratory Mechanics
Risk Factors
English The development of the flexible, fiberoptic bronchoscope has made bronchoscopic examinations possible in ICU patients undergoing mechanical ventilation. Over the years, the number of such procedures has greatly increased, with both diagnostic and therapeutic objectives, such as performing difficult intubation, management of atelectasis and hemoptysis, diagnosis of nosocomial pneumonia in ventilated patients, and early detection of airway lesions in selected situations, such as high-frequency ventilation. The complication rate can be kept low if the endoscopist has a precise knowledge of the many pathophysiological and technical facets particular to bronchoscopy under these difficult conditions. This article reviews some of these aspects, in the light of our personal experience.
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