Safety and usefulness of bronchoscopy in ventilator-dependent patients with severe thrombocytopenia

Safety and usefulness of bronchoscopy in ventilator-dependent patients with severe thrombocytopenia

Flexible bronchoscopy is a useful diagnostic procedure in patients with respiratory failure due to unexplained pulmonary infiltrates, but its safety and usefulness in ventilator-dependent patients with severe thrombocytopenia have not been established. A retrospective review of the medical records o...

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Veröffentlicht in:Anaesthesia and intensive care 2008-05, Vol.36 (3), p.411-417
Hauptverfasser: KIM, Y. H, SUH, G. Y, KIM, M. H, PARK, H. Y, KANG, E. H, KOH, W. J, CHUNG, M. P, KIM, H, KWON, O. J, KIM, K
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Sprache:eng
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Adult
Aged
Anesthesia
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Bronchoscopy
Bronchoscopy - adverse effects
Care and treatment
Critical Care
Diagnosis
Female
Health aspects
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Platelet Count
Point-of-Care Systems
Pulmonary Gas Exchange
Respiration, Artificial
Respiratory Function Tests
Survival Analysis
Thrombocytopenia
Thrombocytopenia - blood
Thrombocytopenia - complications
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Zusammenfassung:Flexible bronchoscopy is a useful diagnostic procedure in patients with respiratory failure due to unexplained pulmonary infiltrates, but its safety and usefulness in ventilator-dependent patients with severe thrombocytopenia have not been established. A retrospective review of the medical records of all patients who underwent bronchoscopy while receiving mechanical ventilation support at Samsung Medical Centre, Seoul, Korea between January 2002 and July 2006 was conducted. The medical records of 37 patients with severe thrombocytopenia (platelet count
ISSN:0310-057X
1448-0271