Safety of Rigid Bronchoscopy for Therapeutic Intervention at the Intensive Care Unit Bedside.

ABSTRACT: Background and Objective: Although rigid bronchoscopy is generally performed in the operating room (OR), the intervention is sometimes emergently required at the intensive care unit (ICU) bedside. The aim of this study is to evaluate the safety of rigid bronchoscopy at the ICU bedside. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively analyzed medical records of patients who underwent rigid bronchoscopy while in the ICU from January 2014 to December 2020. According to the location of rigid bronchoscopic intervention, patients were classified into the ICU group (n = 171, cases emergently performed at the ICU bedside without anesthesiologists) and the OR group (n = 165, cases electively performed in the OR with anesthesiologists). The risk of intra- and post-procedural co

SUBMITTER: Kim SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9782846 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature