Management of iatrogenic airway bleeding with flexible bronchoscopy: Evidence or experience-based?
Oğuz KARCIOĞLU, Ziya Toros SELÇUK · 2023
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Description
Oğuz Karcıoğlu and Ziya Toros Selçuk review how doctors handle bleeding during airway scope exams, in a 2023 paper. Bleeding caused by the exam itself can force an early stop, spoil samples, and even kill. With a flexible scope, doctors cannot press or burn the spot, so care rests on liquids squirted through the scope: ones that narrow vessels, and ones that help clots form.
The authors find the proof thin. Cold salt water, the best-known rinse, rests on case reports and habit, not trials. Hard trial data exist for adrenaline in a few studies, and far less for other agents. They call for real trials to replace inherited practice.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Oğuz KARCIOĞLU, Ziya Toros SELÇUK |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 50 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |