Trial reportMedicine2018
The benefit of daily sputum suction via bronchoscopy in patients of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with ventilators: A randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in Medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03846401 (Evaluation of Role of Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy in Patients With Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Respiratory Intensive Care Unit of Assiut University Hospital), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Evaluation of Role of Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy in Patients With Lower Respiratory Tract Infection in Respiratory Intensive Care Unit of Assiut University Hospital
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy of Intermittent and Continuous Subglottic Secretion Drainage in Preventing the Risk of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Control Trials.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Pooled it
- Outcomes of early fiberoptic bronchoscopic sputum aspiration and lavage after thoracoscopic and laparoscopic esophageal cancer surgery: a randomized clinical trial.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2023Trial
- Role of early bedside bronchoscopy-assisted sputum aspiration in the treatment of pneumonia in stroke patients.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Bedside bronchoscopy in intubated patients with acute exacerbation of COPD requiring invasive mechanical ventilation: clinical applications, procedural timing, and standardized management.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- Effectiveness of bronchoscopy-assisted postoperative respiratory management in patients with lung cancer and impaired cough strength: a retrospective cohort study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Article
- RETRACTED: Dewi et al. Efficacy of Intermittent and Continuous Subglottic Secretion Drainage in Preventing the Risk of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Control Trials.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Brochoscopic Airway Clearance Therapy vs. Conventional Sputum Aspiration: The Future of Flexible Brochoscopes in Intensive Care Units?Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Artificial Airway Suctioning: A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2023Review
- Bronchoscopy Findings during Percutaneous Dilation Tracheostomy: A Single Tertiary Medical Center Experience.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Respiratory Complications and Weaning Considerations for Patients with Spinal Cord Injuries: A Narrative Review.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Review
- Clinical implications of the newly defined concept of ventilator-associated events in trauma patients.Journal of trauma and injury · 2022Article
- Guidance Value of Procalcitonin Detection in Selecting Switching Points for Sequential Therapy in Patients with Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Complicated by Respiratory Failure.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2022Article
- Correlation of Luminal Mucus Score in Large Airways with Lung Function and Quality of Life in Severe Acute Exacerbation of COPD: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseArticle
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundTo compare the clinical values of bronchoscopic sputum suction and general sputum suction in respiratory failure patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD) combined with sequential invasive-noninvasive mechanical ventilation at the pulmonary infection control (PIC) window (period of lower sputum production, with thinner viscosity and lighter color, and alleviated clinical signs of infection).
methodsPatients with AECOPD-induced respiratory failure received orotracheal intubation mechanical ventilation and were randomly divided into bronchoscopic sputum suction group or general sputum suction group, and who were then treated with sequential invasive-noninvasive mechanical ventilation at PIC window (both groups). Baseline data, postoperative blood gas conditions, and postoperative clinical parameters of the patients such as appearance of PIC window, time of invasive ventilation, total time of ventilation, hospital stay, weaning success rate, reintubation rate, ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) incidence, and fatality rate were measured to compare the effect of 2 different ways of sputum suction.
resultsThere was no significant difference in baseline characteristics, postoperative blood gas conditions, between 2 groups (all P > .05). Nevertheless, the bronchoscopic sputum suction group showed earlier appearance of PIC window, shorter time of invasive ventilation, total time of ventilation and hospital stay, lower reintubation rate, VAP incidence and fatality rate, and higher weaning success rate than the general sputum suction group (all P < .05).
conclusionBronchoscopic sputum suction combined with sequential invasive-noninvasive mechanical ventilation at PIC window showed clinical effects in treating respiratory failure patients with AECOPD.
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