title: [Pediatric flexible bronchoscopy].
abstract: Between 1993-1996, 200 pediatric flexible bronchoscopies were performed. Indications were: chronic cough (158 children), persistent pulmonary infiltrates (89), recurrent stridor (28), suspected tracheobronchial foreign body (20), suspected tuberculosis (17) and hemoptysis (3). Some children had more than 1 indication. 124 patients were boys (mean 4.18 +/- 2.86 years; range 1 month-15 years) and 76 were girls (mean 4.39 +/- 2.7 years; range 4 months-15 years). The procedure included direct vision recorded by video-camera and bronchoalveolar lavage; the lavage fluid was sent for culture, Gram and Ziehl-Nielsen strains and for cytology. There were a few minor side effects: mild stridor which resolved within a few hours (10 children) and transient fever (3). This simple, flexible instrument was effective and helpful in the diagnosis and treatment of children with respiratory symptoms in a secondary hospital facility.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Dept., Pediatric Day Care Hospital, Ashkelon.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bibi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shoseyov
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Armoni
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohali
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pollak
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schlesinger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D020680:Bronchoscopes; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*