TY - JOUR ID - 240896 TI - Evaluation of Bronchoscopy Complications in a Tertiary Health Care Center JO - TANAFFOS (Respiration) JA - RSPR LA - en SN - 1735-0344 AU - Fazlalizadeh, Helenaz AU - Adimi, Parisa AU - Kiani, Arda AU - Malekmohammad, Majid AU - Jabardarjani, Hamid Reza AU - Soltaninejad, Forough AU - Hashemian, Seyed Mohammad Reza AD - Tracheal Diseases Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran AD - Chronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center, NRITLD, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. AD - Tracheal Diseases Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Y1 - 2014 PY - 2014 VL - 13 IS - 4 SP - 48 EP - 50 KW - Bronchoscopy KW - Complication KW - Frequency DO - N2 - Background: Bronchoscopy is a technique of visualizing the inside of the airways for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. This study was performed to determine the complications of bronchoscopy in a tertiary health-care center. Materials and Methods: This study had as descriptive cross sectional design. Four hundred adult patients between 16 to 85 years, who underwent bronchoscopy with a same method and same device and had no underlying disease, were consecutively enrolled. Results: Bronchoscopy complications were seen in 13 patients (3.25%) including bleeding (four cases), pneumothorax (three cases), collapse (four cases), and infection (two cases). There was no association between complications and age, sex, bronchoscopy indications and findings (P > 0.05). Conclusion: According to the obtained results, it may be concluded that bronchoscopy can be performed safely whenever indicated. Complications occurred were minor and self limiting UR - https://www.tanaffosjournal.ir/article_240896.html L1 - https://www.tanaffosjournal.ir/article_240896_f433bbf1ac8ad7555f3ccb78db8dfeb1.pdf ER -