Reduction of post-bronchoscopy pneumonia by working channel irrigation with sterile saline before diagnostic procedures

Reduction of post-bronchoscopy pneumonia by working channel irrigation with sterile saline before diagnostic procedures

Abstract Background After transbronchial biopsy with flexible bronchoscopy, pneumonia sometimes occurs as a complication. The goal of our study was to determine whether irrigation of the working channel before diagnostic procedures can reduce the frequency of post-bronchoscopy pneumonia. Methods Ini...

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Main Authors: Satoshi Nagaoka, Masaki Yamamoto, Sachi Takakura, Shunsuke Okazaki, Ryo Nakadegawa, Yuichiro Suzukawa, Anna Tanaka, Shinya Matsushita, Tatsuya Muraoka, Chihiro Maeda, Tomofumi Hirose, Kenichi Seki, Shuhei Teranishi, Ken Tashiro, Makoto Kudo, Takeshi Kaneko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-05-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Subjects:
Flexible bronchoscopy
Post-bronchoscopy pneumonia
Post-bronchoscopy fever
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-025-03726-6
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