An analytic study of cases of bronchoscopy of presenting patients to university Al –Assad hospital –Lattakia during 2016


Abstract in English

During 2016 we have made 167 survey bronchoscopy (101 males & 66 females),they had been done by flexible fibroscope (pentaxTM) slim diameter . Patients has prepared for the endoscopy by local anesthesia on nose ,pharynx and larynx using Lidocaine .In few particular cases , the sedation has been done by Midazolam (5mg) intravenous . The endoscopy's tolerance was good and no complication that require recovery occurred . The indications of the endoscopy were suspected malignancy, 49 cases had diagnosed in the rate of 56.3%. The disorders had been diagnosed and isolated in the case of suspected infections in 11 patients in the rate of 45.8%.The tuberculosis had been diagnosed in 9 patients in the rate of 42.8%. In hemoptysis cases ,bleeding site and causing factor had causing factor had been detected in 12 patients in rate of 63%. In chronic cough cases, the diagnosis had been confirmed in 4 patients in the rate of 50%. In case of interstitial pulmonary lesions , the diagnosis had been confirmed in 4 patients in the rate of 50%. After the study ,we emphasize the importance of broncoscopy as survey diagnostic instrument especially in malignancy cases , other negative tests (blood, sputum ), suspected infections , tuberculosis ,hemoptysis cases and interstitial lesions .Especially it is external good tolerances procedure with rare complication.

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