Table 4.
Common complications of bronchoscopic alveolar lavage
| Complications | Mild group (n = 70) |
Severe group (n = 64) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Early BAL (n = 21) |
Late BAL (n = 49) |
P value | Early BAL (n = 21) |
Late BAL (n = 43) |
P value | |
| Epistaxis, no (%) | 2(9.52) | 3(6.12) | 0.6324 | 2(9.52) | 3(6.98) | > 0.9999 |
| Airway mucosa bleeding, no. (%) | 1(4.76) | 2(4.08) | > 0.9999 | 1(4.76) | 3(6.98) | > 0.9999 |
| Laryngeal edema, No. (%) | 0(0.00) | 1(2.04) | > 0.9999 | 1(4.76) | 2(4.65) | > 0.9999 |
| Adverse drug reactions, no. %) | 0(0.00) | 0(0.00) | > 0.9999 | 0(0.00) | 0(0.00) | > 0.9999 |
| Transient fever, no. (%) | 2(9.52) | 2(4.08) | 0.5780 | 2(9.52) | 3(6.98) | > 0.9999 |
| New need for oxygen, no. (%) | 0(0.00) | 1(2.04) | > 0.9999 | 7(33.33) | 4(9.30) | 0.0308 |
| Stridor, no. (%) | 0(0.00) | 1(2.04) | > 0.9999 | 1(4.76) | 2(4.65) | > 0.9999 |
| Pneumothorax, no. (%) | 0(0.00) | 0(0.00) | > 0.9999 | 2(9.52) | 0(0.00) | 0.1042 |
| Intubation, no. (%) | 0(0.00) | 0(0.00) | > 0.9999 | 5(23.81) | 2(4.65) | 0.0335 |
The bold means p < 0.05, which had statistical significance