Application of sedation-agitation scale in conscious sedation before bronchoscopy in children.

This retrospective study investigated the application of the sedation-agitation scale (SAS) in pediatric bronchoscopy by observing its effects on sedative dosages and adverse reactions.Children who underwent sedation before bronchoscopy, during the period from January 2014 to June 2017, were divided into control and SAS groups. Patients in the control group were administered a single dose of 0.

Flexible bronchoscopy in pulmonary diseases in children with congenital cardiovascular abnormalities.

There is a lack of data describing the role of flexible bronchoscopy (FB) in evaluating pulmonary diseases in children with congenital cardiovascular abnormalities in China. Determining whether those children suffer from respiratory complications may be useful for future preoperative planning and family counseling. The present study aimed to investigate the features and FB-associated findings with respect to pulmonary diseases in children with congenital cardiovascular abnormalities.

Foreign body aspiration as a cause of cryptogenic hemoptysis in a child: A case report.

Rationale: Hemoptysis is rare but potentially life-threatening condition in children. The most common cause of pediatric hemoptysis is lower respiratory tract infections. Sometimes foreign body aspiration may result in hemoptysis too.

Childhood recurrent pneumonia caused by endobronchial sutures: A case report.

Background: Recurrent pneumonia is defined as more than two episodes of pneumonia in one year or three or more episodes anytime in life. Common clinical scenarios leading to recurrent pneumonia include anatomical abnormalities of respiratory tract, immunodeficiency, congenital heart diseases, primary ciliary dyskinesia, etc.

Case Report: A school-aged girl suffered from 1-2 episodes of pneumonia each year after trachea connection and lung repair operation resulted from an accident of car crash.