APPLICATION OF PEDIATRIC FLEXIBLE BRONCHOSCOPY IN DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF RESPIRATORY DISEASES IN VIET NAM NATIONAL CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL

Nguyen Thi Thu Nga1, Phung Dang Viet, Le Thanh Chuong1, Vu Tung Lam1, Tran Duy Vu1, Dang Thi Kim Thanh1, Do Thi Sen1, Nguyen Thi Minh Phuong1, Tran Thi Kim Dung1, Dao Thi Phuong Thao1, Doan Trang Tuan1
1 Vietnam National Children’s Hospital

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Objective: Analyze diagnoses and indications before bronchoscopy, evaluate results after flexible bronchoscopy (FB)


Methods: Descriptive study of 1643 cases of FB over a period of 2 years from January 1, 2022 to December 30, 2023 at the Pediatric Respiratory Diseases Central of Viet Nam National Children’s Hospital


Results: 1643 cases of children from 1 month to 16 years old were performed flexible endoscopy with 1296 cases for diagnostic purposes (78.9%) and 347 cases (21.1%) for interventional bronchoscopy. The main reasons for FB were abnormal airway (tracheal stenosis, wheezing, prolonged stridor) (30.3%), persistent and recurrent pneumonia (27.4%), and suspected foreign body in airway (11.6%). Results: airway abnormalities (51.9%), including: subglottic stenosis/ tracheobronchial stenosis due to scarring (30.4%), malacia laryngeal cartilage (19.5%), malacia bronchial (13.2%). Most common interventional procedures: stenotic scar dilation (142 cases), airway foreign body removal (98 cases). Bacteria isolated in bronchoalveolar lavage: Pseudomonas aeruginosa 21.5%, Klebsiella pneumonia 16.9%, Klebsiella aerogenes 15.4%, Streptococcus pneumonia 10.0% of total cultured specimens.


Conclusion: FB is an important tool in the diagnosis and treatment of respiratory diseases, finding airway anatomical abnormalities, taking specimens for microbiological causes, and providing interventional treatment to resolve obstruction airway.

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