Volume : VIII, Issue : VII, July - 2019

To Study Bronchoscopic Findings In Various Lung Pathologies

Dr Vikas Patel, Dr Kaveri Shaw

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Bronchoscopy is a “diagnostic and therapeutic procedure that permits for direct visualization of tracheo–onchial lumen with the help of Bronchoscope,a specialized optical device. Fiberoptic Bronchoscope is one of the most important advances in the field of pulmonary medicine. Till now, numbers of techniques other than thoracotomy have been developed for indeterminate lung diseases but none have greater impact than fiberoptic onchoscopy. Apart from visualizing tracheoonchial tree,it permits sampling and therapeutic interventions. This observational prospective study was carried out in a tertiary care hospital with specialized Pulmonary unit equipped with intensive respiratory unit, pulmonary function testing (PFT) lab with facilities of DLCO and Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy unit with video assistance.The aim of the study was to analyse the onchoscopic findings of patient presenting with various respiratory complains This study was carried out in 95 patients having varity of respiratory complaints recruited over one and half year’s duration after applying inclusion and exclusion criterias. In our study most common finding of Bronchoscopy was Endoonchial grwoth in 36 (37.89%) patients. Other findings were vocal cord abnormalities in 26 (27.37%) patients, inflammation in 21 (22.11%) patients, extrinsic compression in 6 (6.32%) patients, concentric narrowing in 5 (5.266%), mucosal seeding in 3 (3.16%) patients,and mucosal rugosity in 2 (2.15%). Foreign body and leukoplakia were observed in one patients each. Normal onchoscopy was seen in 19 (20.00%) patients.

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TO STUDY BRONCHOSCOPIC FINDINGS IN VARIOUS LUNG PATHOLOGIES, Dr Vikas Patel, Dr Kaveri Shaw INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-7 | July-2019

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