ZHANG Xiao, GAO Yun, LI Xue-hua, TIAN Hong
Objective: To study the clinical effect of auxiliary treatment by means of sputum suction with fiberoptic bronchoscope in patients with severe pneumonia. Methods: Forty-two patients with severe pneumonia in our hospital were randomly divided into control group and treatment group, with an average of 21 cases in each group. The control group received conventional anti infection and symptomatic treatment; the treatment group received auxiliary treatment by fiberoptic bronchoscope sputum suction on the basis of conventional anti infection and symptomatic treatment, and was given once a day or every other day according to the needs of the state of the illness,lasting for 1 week.And the levels of inflammatory markers (procalcitonin PCT, C-reactive protein CRP), the total effective rate of disease control and the total length of hospital stay were compared between the two groups before and after treatment. Results: The improvement of inflammatory markers in the treatment group was greater than that in the control group after the treatment. The total effective rate of disease control was 90.5%, which was higher than 71.4%,the rate of the control group; the total hospitalization time was (9.16± 1.02) d, which was lower than (13.62± 2.45) d in the control group, and the difference between the two groups was statistically significant(
P<0.001). Conclusion: In patients with severe pneumonia, auxiliary treatment by means of sputum aspiration with fiberoptic bronchoscope can significantly improve the level of inflammatory markers, shorten the total length of hospital treatment, and improve the total effective rate of disease treatment.