Aleksandra Oraczewska, Szczepan Cofta, Adam Warcholiński, Ewa Trejnowska, Grzegorz Brożek, Andrzej Swinarew, Daiana Stolz, Raffaele Scala, Adam Barczyk, Szymon Skoczyński
PURPOSE: Bronchofiberoscopy (FOB) is a procedure routinely performed for: lung cancer, obstruction, interstitial diseases, foreign bodies' removal, airway clearance, and hemoptysis. It causes acute airway narrowing leading to respiratory and cardiovascular stress. Due to increasing number of ill patients with respiratory failure (RF), conventional oxygen therapy (COT) is frequently insufficient to assure accurate oxygenation and prevent RF in patients requiring FOB. In this clinical scenario, patients may be intubated and supported with invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) with the specific aim of allowing a safe FOB...
November 7, 2023: Advances in Medical Sciences