RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Smoking and complications during bronchoscopy
JF European Respiratory Journal
JO Eur Respir J
FD European Respiratory Society
SP P1141
VO 44
IS Suppl 58
A1 Ana María López Vázquez
A1 Estrella Fernández-Fabrellas
A1 Javier Berraondo Fraile
A1 Sherlynne Vanessa Jaimes Díaz
A1 Cristina Sabater Abad
A1 María Luisa Tárrega Roig
A1 Carmen María Cortés Alcaide
A1 Enrique De Casimiro Calabuig
YR 2014
UL http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/44/Suppl_58/P1141.abstract
AB Objectives: To evaluate complications associated with bronchoscopy and its procedures based on smoking history of patients undergoing bronchoscopy in our area.Methodology: A prospective observational study was designed including all consecutive patients undergoing bronchoscopy in our section for 7 months, collecting demographic data, smoking history and complications happened during bronchoscopy, performing a statistical analysis of the data obtained.Results: 316 patients were included, mean age 63 years, 74.1% men, 80% with smoking history. The mean SpO2 at the start of the examination was 95.21%, with no difference regardless of smoking history. In 83.2% of patients the procedure was performed without complications, the complications were: lingering cough (7.6%), respiratory failure (2.4%), major bleeding (3%), bronchospasm (0,9%), nausea or vomiting (0.9%), pneumothorax (0.3%), lack of cooperation (1.2%) and death (0.3%), without differences related to smoking nor technique. Despite no statistical differences, never smokers did not develop respiratory failure or bronchospasm related to technique, while 25% patients with smoking history developed respiratory failure and 9.4% bronchospasm.Conclusions: In our series, smoking history was not related to high frequency of complications associated with bronchoscopy. However respiratory failure and bronchospasm appeared only in patients with smoking history.