Bronchoscopy in the Critically Ill: Yes, No, Maybe?

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Standardized low-flow ventilation with PEEP maintenance during bronchoscopy in mechanically ventilated ICU patients: a pilot trial.Journal of intensive care · 2026
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2. Practice patterns and inpatient outcomes in lung abscess: a cross sectional study.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026
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3. Basic Bronchoscopy Competence Achieved During a One-Day Workshop for a Multidisciplinary Critical Care Team:Sultan Qaboos University medical journal · 2026
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4. Factors influencing management modifications following fiberoptic bronchoscopy in critically ill ICU patients.Journal of thoracic disease · 2024
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Corrections and comments

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  Temporal Trends and Variation in Bronchoscopy Use for Acute Respiratory Failure in the United States.2023

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Funding

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Abstract

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