. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 12.

Published in final edited form as: Intensive Care Med. 2012 Oct 16;39(1):45–52. doi: 10.1007/s00134-012-2687-9

Table 3.

Characteristics of the 169 bronchoscopy procedures

	Total	Initiation of invasive ventilation

Number of FOB procedures	169	No	Yes	p

		144	25
Number of BAL performed (%)	102 (60)	86 (60)	16 (64)	0.686
Volume of fluid injected (ml)	150 [20–200]	150 [20–200]	150 [80–200]	0.191
Δ Volume (injected – recovered) (ml)	81 [14–195]	85 [14–195]	70 [40–170]	0.366
Ventilatory support
NI-PPV before bronchoscopy (%)	64 (38)	*50 (35)*	*14 (56)*	*0.043^
NI-PPV during bronchoscopy (%)	54 (32)	44 (31)	10 (40)	0.350
Duration of FOB [min]	11 [3–60]	15 [3–40]	11 [3–60]	0.373

Results are given either as number (percentages) or median (minimal and maximal values).

NI-PPV during bronchoscopy represent the number of patients for them NI-PPV was used to improve FOB tolerance. Abbreviations: BAL, bronchoalveolar lavage; NI-PPV, noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation.

p<0.05.