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Application Of Flexible Bronchoscopy In Inhalation Lung Injury, Chong Bai, Haidong Huang, Xiaopeng Yao, Shihui Zhu, Bing Li, Jingqing Hang, Wei Zhang, Paul Zarogoulidis, Andreas Gschwendtner, Konstantinos Zarogoulidis, Qiang Li, Michael Simoff
Application Of Flexible Bronchoscopy In Inhalation Lung Injury, Chong Bai, Haidong Huang, Xiaopeng Yao, Shihui Zhu, Bing Li, Jingqing Hang, Wei Zhang, Paul Zarogoulidis, Andreas Gschwendtner, Konstantinos Zarogoulidis, Qiang Li, Michael Simoff
Internal Medicine Faculty Publications
Background: As acute inhalational injury is an uncommon presentation to most institutions, a standard approach to its assessment and management, especially using flexible bronchoscopy, has not received significant attention. Methods: The objective of this study is to evaluate the value of using flexible bronchoscopy as part of the evaluation and management of patients with inhalational lung injury. Twenty-three cases of inhalational lung injury were treated in our three hospitals after a fire in a residential building. The twenty cases that underwent bronchoscopy as part of their management are included in this analysis. After admission, the first bronchoscopy was conducted within …
Necrotizing Sarcoid Granulomatosis With Hemoptysis: A Case Report And Literature Review, Haidong Huang, Chen Li, Chong Bai, Qiang Li, Weiqiang Zheng, Zhi Zhu, Paul Zarogoulidis, Konstantinos Zarogoulidis, Andreas Gschwendtner, Wolfgang Hohenforst-Schmidt, Michael Simoff
Necrotizing Sarcoid Granulomatosis With Hemoptysis: A Case Report And Literature Review, Haidong Huang, Chen Li, Chong Bai, Qiang Li, Weiqiang Zheng, Zhi Zhu, Paul Zarogoulidis, Konstantinos Zarogoulidis, Andreas Gschwendtner, Wolfgang Hohenforst-Schmidt, Michael Simoff
Internal Medicine Faculty Publications
We present a case of 39-year-old male with the symptoms of fever, cough, chest pain and bloody phlegm, whose chest CT showed multiple subpleural nodules and inflammatory infiltration. Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery ( VATS ) for right subplural nodule was performed and confirmed the diagnosis of necrotizing sarcoid granulomatosis. Prednisolone was administered and the symptoms were under control untill the occurrence of intermittent hemoptysis after 10 months. Chest CT and bronchoscope revealed the right lower lobe nodule with intraluminal necrotic tissue in the right lower lobe posterior basal segment respectively. Fatal hemoptysis happened during endobronchial biopsy by flexible bronchoscope forcep. Based …