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Table 2 Patients characteristics, indications and results of FOB

From: Can fiberoptic bronchoscopy be applied to critically ill patients treated with noninvasive ventilation for acute respiratory distress syndrome? Prospective observational study

No

Diagnosis at hospitalisation

Immuno-suppression

PreFOB ARDS category

FOB indications

FOB diagnosis

Infectious agents

Intubation

Intubation time (hour)

1

Pneumonia

+

Severe

Opportunistic infections

Infection

CMV

-

 

2

Pneumonia

+

Mild

Opportunistic infections

Infection

Geotrichum capitatum

+

24–48

3

Pneumonia

-

Severe

Opportunistic infections

Infection

Aspergillus spp., Respiratory virus

-

 

4

Pneumonia

+

Mild

Opportunistic infections

Infection

C. albicans, CMV, Respiratory virus

-

 

5

Pneumonia

+

Moderate

Opportunistic infections

Infection

C. albicans, CMV

-

 

6

Alveoler hemorrhage

+

Moderate

Alveoler hemorrhage

Alveoler hemorrhage

 

-

 

7

Respiratory failure

-

Moderate

Aspiration

Infection

Non-albicans Candida

+

>48

8

Pneumonia

+

Severe

Alveoler hemorrhage

Alveoler hemorrhage

CMV

+

8–24

9

Respiratory failure

-

Moderate

Aspiration

Infection

CMV, Aspergillus spp., C. albicans

+

>48

10

Pneumonia

-

Moderate

Malignancy

Infection

K. pneumoniae, CMV

-

 

11

Pneumonia

-

Mild

Malignancy

Infection

C. albicans

+

8–24

12

Pneumonia

+

Moderate

Opportunistic infections

Infection

CMV, PcP

+

<8

13

Pneumonia

-

Severe

Opportunistic infections

Infection

CMV, C. albicans

-

 

14

Pneumonia

-

Severe

Aspiration

Infection

C. albicans

+

8–24

15

Alveoler hemorrhage

+

Moderate

Alveolar hemorrhage

Infection

C. albicans

-

 

16

Respiratory failure

+

Moderate

Opportunistic infections

Infection

CMV, PcP

+

<8

17

Pneumonia

+

Moderate

Opportunistic infections

Alveoler hemorrhage

 

-

 

18

Respiratory failure

+

Mild

Opportunistic infections

Infection

C. albicans

+

24–48

19

Pneumonia

+

Moderate

Opportunistic infections

Malignancy Infection

P. aeruginosa

+

8–24

20

Respiratory failure

+

Severe

Opportunistic infections

Infection

C. albicans, Respiratory viruses

-

 

21

Pneumonia

-

Moderate

Aspiration

-

 

+

8–24

22

Alveoler hemorrhage

+

Severe

Alveoler hemorrhage

Alveoler hemorrhage

 

-

 

23

Pneumonia

+

Severe

Multiple etiologiesa

Infection

Acremonium, CMV

+

<8

24

Pneumonia

+

Moderate

Multiple etiologiesb

Infection

C. albicans, Respiratory viruses, CMV

+

>48

25

Pneumonia

+

Severe

Multiple etiologiesc

Infection

Acremonium, Aspergillus spp., Respiratory viruses, CMV

+

>48

26

Pneumonia

+

Moderate

Opportunistic infections

Infection

C. albicans

+

8–24

27

Pneumonia

+

Severe

Multiple etiologiesd

Malignancy

 

+

>48

28

Pneumonia

+

Moderate

Opportunistic infections

Infection

M. tuberculosis

+

>48

  1. Abbrevations: CMV cytomegalovirus, PcP Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia
  2. aOpportunistc infections, exacerbation of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
  3. bMalignancy, alveoler hemorrhage, opportunistic infections, drug induced pulmonary toxicity
  4. cPulmonary involvement of rheumatoid arthritis, opportunistic infections, drug induced pulmonary toxicity
  5. dOpportunistc infections, malignancy