Prospective Study of Fever and Pneumonia After Flexible Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy in Older People

Authors: Kanemoto, Kouji; Satoh, Hiroaki; Ishikawa, Hiroichi; Ishikawa, Shigemi; Ohtsuka, Morio; Sekizawa, Kiyohisa

Source: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Volume 54, Number 5, May 2006 , pp. 827-830(4)

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Abstract:

OBJECTIVES:

To assess the frequency of fever and pneumonia after fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB) in older people and to evaluate increased risk for these two adverse events with increasing age. DESIGN:

Prospective study. SETTING:

University hospital system. PARTICIPANTS:

Three hundred fifty-eight patients, with 165 (46.1%) patients aged 70 and older, undergoing bronchoscopy. MEASUREMENTS:

Indications, abnormal bronchoscopic findings, sampling procedures, final diagnosis, and fever and pneumonia after bronchoscopy. RESULTS:

With regard to the indication for bronchoscopy and abnormal bronchoscopic findings, there was no statistical difference between elderly patients (≥70) and younger patients (<70). Procedures such as forceps biopsy, brushing, and curetting were not performed more often in elderly patients, although final diagnosis of lung cancer was significantly more common in the elderly group (P=.002). The overall incidence of fever after FOB was 6.7%, and that of pneumonia after FOB was 5.6%. The patients aged 70 and older had an incidence of fever after FOB of 3.6% and an incidence of pneumonia of 4.2%, which were not higher than those in patients younger than 70. CONCLUSION:

Increasing age is not associated with increasing fever and pneumonia after FOB, and chronological age should not be considered a limiting factor in the decision of whether to perform FOB when it is clinically indicated.

Keywords: bronchoscopy; postbronchoscopic fever; pneumonia; complications; aged; elderly

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00705.x

Publication date: 2006-05-01

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