Is bronchoscopy for childhood lobar pneumonia risky?

Bronchoscopy for childhood Lobar Pneumonia is a more mature test with less risk. Children’s bronchoscopy by standardized operation risk is small, after the examination, pay attention to listen to the doctor told the precautions, in order to avoid the occurrence of adverse reactions. The precautions for children after bronchoscopy include fasting for two hours to prevent aspiration; not talking too much for half an hour to prevent hoarseness, sore throat and other symptoms; encouraging the patient to cough up sputum to keep the respiratory tract open; and paying attention to hemoptysis. A small amount of hemoptysis does not need special treatment, a large amount of hemoptysis need to inform the doctor for appropriate treatment. Contraindications to bronchoscopy include patients with severe cardiopulmonary diseases, such as heart failure, pulmonary insufficiency, pulmonary hypertension, severe arrhythmia, etc.; patients at high risk of bleeding, such as uncorrectable coagulation disorders, severe anemia, severe thrombocytopenia.