Instituto EndoVitta

PROCEDURES

BRONCHOSCOPY

Bronchoscopy is a little invasive exam that has the goal to evaluate the respiratory route. For its performance, it’s used a flexible tool which is introduced through the oral or nasal cavity and, in most patients, it’s also performed the sedation to turn the exam into something more comfortable. It might be performed in an outpatient or clinical environment, with the most determining factors being from the location to the patient’s age and clinical conditions.

The examination takes an average of 5 to 10 minutes to be completed at the discoveries dependencies and procedures that might be performed. After the exam, it’s necessary to remain about 30 minutes at the post-anesthetic recovery. After the examination, and when the patient is wide awake, it’s already possible to ingest food. The feeding must be slight, but there’s not any kind of restriction for any specific food.

The patients that use antihypertensives medications must use them at the usual time and with a small amount of water. Diabetic patients that are currently using oral medications must not use them at the examination day. The insulin might be administered by half of its usual doses.

In case of anticoagulants, the doctor who required the exam must guide the patient about the possible needed time to suspend or interrupt its use.

PROCEDURES
SEVERAL PROCEDURES MAY BE INDICATED AND NEEDED. SOME OF THEM MIGHT BE PERFORMED AT THE SAME MOMENT, BUT OTHERS MAY NEED A NEW SCHEDULE AND COMPLEMENTARY EXAMS. BIOPSY OF THE LESIONS AND BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE ARE USUALLY PERFORMED AT THE SAME PROCEDURE. OTHER THERAPEUTICS MIGHT NEED A SPECIAL PREPARATION AND SPECIFIC MATERIALS, SO, THEREFORE, THEY’RE INITIALLY EVALUATED AND PERFORMED LATER.
COMPLICATIONS
THE COMPLICATION IN DIAGNOSIS EXAMS ARE NOT FREQUENT. A DISCOMFORT AT THE OROPHARYNGEAL ARE AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH MAY OCCUR. IN SOME CASES, THERE MIGHT BE BRONCHOSPASM OR BLEEDING. MOST OF THEM ARE FROM CLINICAL RESOLUTION WITH MEDICATIONS AND SPECIFIC CONDUCTS. PATIENTS WITH DENTAL PROBLEMS MUST ALWAYS ALERT THE ENDOSCOPIST, BECAUSE THERE IS A CONSIDERABLE RISK OF A DENTAL FALL THROUGH THE ORAL USE.
EXAMINATION RESULT
 THE RESULT OF THE EXAMINATION MUST BE WITHDRAWN BY THE PATIENT OR THE RESPONSIBLE AT THE SCHEDULED DATE. MUST NEVER FORGET THAT, IF THERE’S HAD A HISTOPATHOLOGICAL STUDY, THE RESULT MUST ALSO BE WITHDRAWN.
PREPARATION AND GUIDANCE FOR EXAM
PREPARATION FOR BRONCHOSCOPY
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