Therapeutic flexible airway endoscopy of small children in a tertiary referral center-11 years' experience.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Use of therapeutic flexible airway endoscopy (TFAE) is very limited in pediatrics. We report our clinical experiences and long term outcomes of TFAE in small children from a single tertiary referral center.

Methods

This is a retrospective cohort study. Small children with their body weight no more than 5.0 kg who had received TFAE between 2005 and 2015 were enrolled. Demographic information and outcomes were reviewed and analyzed from medical charts and TFAE videos.

Results

A total of 313 TFAE were performed in 225 children. The mean age was 3.50 ± 0.24 (0.01-19.2) months old; the mean body weight was 3.52 ± 0.65 (0.57-5.0) kg. A noninvasive ventilation technique, without mask or artificial airway, was applied to support all the procedures. TFAE included la

SUBMITTER: Soong WJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5560590 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature