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- Title
A Before-and-After Study of Evidence-Based Recommendations for On-Call Bronchoscopy.
- Authors
Duesberg, Christoph Benedikt; Valtin, Christina; Fuge, Jan; Logemann, Frank; Fuehner, Thomas; Welte, Tobias; Gottlieb, Jens
- Abstract
Background: Bronchoscopy is widely used and regarded as standard of care in most intensive care units (ICUs). Data concerning recommendations for on-call bronchoscopy are lacking. Objectives: Evaluation of recommendations, complications, and outcome of on-call bronchoscopies. Method: A retrospective single-centre analysis was conducted in a large university hospital. All on-call bronchoscopies performed outside normal working hours in the year before (period 1) and after (period 2) establishing a catalogue of recommendations for indications of on-call bronchoscopy on November 1, 2016, were included. Results: Overall, 924 bronchoscopies in 538 patients were analysed. A relative reduction of 83.6% from 794 bronchoscopies in 432 patients (1.84 per patient) during period 1 to 130 in 107 patients (1.21 per patient) during period 2 was observed. Most bronchoscopies (812/924, 87.9%) were performed in ICUs, and 416 patients (77.3%) were intubated. Bronchoscopies for excessive secretions decreased significantly during period 2. Fifty-three of 130 bronchoscopies (40.8%) fulfilled the specified recommendations during period 2, in comparison with 16.8% in period 1 (p < 0.001). Complications were recorded in 58 of 924 procedures (6.3%) and were more frequent in period 2, especially moderate bleeding. In-hospital mortality of patients undergoing on-call bronchoscopy did not differ between periods and was 28.7 and 30.2% in periods 1 and 2, respectively. Conclusion: The introduction of recommendations for on-call bronchoscopy led to a significant decline of on-call bronchoscopies without negatively affecting outcome. More evidence is needed in on-call bronchoscopy, especially for ICU patients with intrinsic higher complication rates.
- Subjects
INTENSIVE care units; ACADEMIC medical centers; ACQUISITION of data methodology; EVIDENCE-based medicine; RETROSPECTIVE studies; SURGICAL complications; TREATMENT effectiveness; HOSPITAL mortality; EMERGENCY medical services; MEDICAL records; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; BRONCHOSCOPY; HEMORRHAGE; EVALUATION
- Publication
Respiration, 2021, Vol 100, Issue 7, p600
- ISSN
0025-7931
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000515134