Analysis of electronic bronchoscopy results of 400 children with respiratory disease

VernacularTitle:400例婴幼儿呼吸道疾病电子支气管镜检查结果分析
Author: Li WANG ; Wanmin XIA ; Tao AI ; Yinghong FAN ; Lei ZHANG ; Jia LUO ; Yijie HUANG ; Peiyuan SU ; Weiyan CHEN ; Zhengrong LU
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Bronchoscopes; Respiratory tract diseases; Diagnosis; Retrospective studies
From: Chinese Journal of Postgraduates of Medicine 2016;(2):147-149
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate the value of electronic bronchoscopy in the diagnosis of children respiratory diseases. Methods The electronic bronchoscopy results in 400 children with respiratory disease were retrospectively analyzed. Results In 400 children, there were 246 cases with simple endobronchial inflammation, 67 cases with bronchial malacia, 38 cases with bronchial stenosis, 23 cases with bronchial foreign , 4 cases with tracheal bronchus, 4 cases with epiglottic cyst, 3 cases with bronchiectasis, 3 cases with endobronchial granulation, 3 cases with laryngomalacia, 2 cases with vascular ring compression of the trachea, 2 cases with laryngeal web, 1 case with subglottic cyst, 1 case with subglottic neoplasm, 1 case with tracheoesophageal fistula, 1 case with bronchial atresia (left) and 1 case with trachea cyst. All the children had no serious complications. Conclusions Electronic bronchoscopy can effectively improve the level of diagnosis and treatment of children' s respiratory system disease, and it is worth of clinical promotion.