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ArticleIndian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine2023

Flexible Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy in Non-ventilated Children in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: Utility, Interventions and Safety.

Anil Sachdev, Neeraj Gupta, Anuj Khatri, Ganpat Jha, Dhiren Gupta, Suresh Gupta, Geetha R Menon

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Article in Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Flexible Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy for Esophageal Foreign Body Removal in Children.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2025
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  5. Expanding the Scope of Flexible Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy in the PICU.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Anil SachdevDepartment of Paediatrics, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7624-6985
Neeraj GuptaDepartment of Paediatrics, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7131-4985
Anuj KhatriDepartment of Paediatrics, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7344-273X
Ganpat JhaDepartment of Paediatrics, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7287-096X
Dhiren GuptaDepartment of Paediatrics, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8244-0768
Suresh GuptaDepartment of Paediatrics, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5790-1366
Geetha R MenonDepartment of Medical Statistics, National Institute of Medical Statistics, New Delhi, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2491-0650
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital · INNational Institute of Medical Statistics · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: To study the utility of flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FFB), and its effects on oxygenation and hemodynamics in children while on respiratory assist devices. Materials and methods: The data of non-ventilated patients who underwent FFB during their stay in the PICU from January 2012 to December 2019 was retrieved from medical, nurses, and bronchoscopy records. The study parameters, demography, diagnosis, indication, and findings of FFB and interventions done after FFB, were noted, and also the oxygenation and hemodynamic parameters before, during and 3 hours after FFB. Results: Data from the first FFB of 155 patients were analyzed retrospectively. About 54/155 (34.8%) children underwent FFB while on HFNC. About 75 (48.4%) patients were on conventional oxygen therapy (COT) before FFB. There were 51 (33%) patients who had received mechanical ventilation and were extubated successfully. The 98 (63.2%) children had primary respiratory diseases. Stridor and lung atelectasis were indications for FFB in 75 (48.4%) cases and the commonest bronchoscopic finding was retained secretions in the airways. Based on the FFB findings, 50 medical and 22 surgical interventions were done. The commonest medical and surgical interventions were changes in antibiotics (25/50) and tracheostomy (16/22) respectively. There was a significant fall in SpO Conclusion: Flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy is a useful tool to diagnose and guide interventions in non-ventilated pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). There were significant but transient changes in oxygenation and hemodynamics with no serious consequences. How to cite this article: Sachdev A, Gupta N, Khatri A, Jha G, Gupta D, Gupta S,

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Airway assessmentBronchoalveolar lavageDiagnostic ProcedureFlexible bronchoscopyPediatric intensive care unit

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