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. 2016 May;13(5):678–683. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201509-576OC

Table 2.

Procedures most commonly coordinated with flexible bronchoscopy*

  No. (% of Total Bronchoscopies) No. with Unplanned Events (% of 27 Unplanned)
Aerodigestive rigid bronchoscopy and upper intestinal endoscopy 309 (23.8) 2 (7.4)
Not aerodigestive
 Rigid bronchoscopy 129 (9.9) 11 (40.7)
 Upper intestinal endoscopy 35 (2.7) 1 (3.7)
 Adenoidectomy with or without tonsillectomy 26 (2.0) 0
 Cardiac catheterization 21 (1.6) 1 (3.7)
 Lung biopsy 15 (1.2) 0
 Sleep nasal endoscopy 12 (0.9) 0
 Endoscopic sinusectomy 10 (0.8) 0
 Nissen fundoplication 9 (0.7) 0
*

Other procedures with unplanned outcomes were combined with peripheral line insertion, supraglottoplasty, laparoscopic gastrostomy tube insertion, dental cleaning, chest computed tomography scan, and brain magnetic resonance imaging.