Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao
June 2009
Objective: To observe the effect of early bronchoscopic sputum suction in elderly patients with acute heart and lung failure due to aspiration pneumonia.
Methods: Comprehensive treatments were administered for 52 elderly patients with acute heart and lung failure resulting from aspiration pneumonia, and in 27 of the patients, bronchoscopic sputum suction was performed with the other 25 serving as the control group. The indices of the heart and lung functions (central venous pressure, left ventricular ejection fraction, arterial blood partial pressures of oxygen and carbon dioxide) were measured after the treatment and compared between the two groups.