Table 2. Indications of bronchoscopy.
Indications | |
Diagnostic | n=198, N (%) |
Respiratory infection | 94 (47.5) |
- Pneumonia | 41 (20.7) |
- MTB | 53 (26.8) |
Pulmonary infiltrate in FN | 29 (14.6) |
Pulmonary infiltrate in HIV | 7 (3.5) |
Suspected lung cancer | 34 (17.2) |
Suspected ILD | 12 (6.1) |
Hemoptysis | 22 (11.1) |
Therapeutic | n=12, N (%) |
Lung collapse | 6 |
Surgical intervention | 5 |
Stridor | 1 |
Aborted | n=6 |