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Tracheobronchial cytology in inhalation injury. 1997

A K Khoo, and S T Lee, and W T Poh

Department of Plastic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore.

The aim of this study is to establish whether tracheobronchial cytology is useful in the diagnosis of inhalation injury. Twenty patients diagnosed to have inhalation injury by existing clinical criteria and 20 control patients were admitted into the study. Bronchoscopy and brush biopsies were carried out. They were then scored using a Total Cellular Score and Differential Cellular Score. These were compared with clinical and bronchoscopic scores and respiratory outcome. The average Total Cellular Score of the patients with inhalation injury was 497.4 +/- 281.9 and that of the control patients was 1004.2 +/- 88.4. There was a strong correlation between clinical, bronchoscopic, and total cellular scores. The Differential Cellular Score showed a left shift in patients with inhalation injury. This study shows that tracheobronchial cytology is a useful adjunct in diagnosing and assessing the severity of inhalation injury. Furthermore, our results suggest that it may be superior to current methods in predicting respiratory outcome.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008297	Male		Males
D011237	Predictive Value of Tests	In screening and diagnostic tests, the probability that a person with a positive test is a true positive (i.e., has the disease), is referred to as the predictive value of a positive test; whereas, the predictive value of a negative test is the probability that the person with a negative test does not have the disease. Predictive value is related to the sensitivity and specificity of the test.	Negative Predictive Value,Positive Predictive Value,Predictive Value Of Test,Predictive Values Of Tests,Negative Predictive Values,Positive Predictive Values,Predictive Value, Negative,Predictive Value, Positive
D011446	Prospective Studies	Observation of a population for a sufficient number of persons over a sufficient number of years to generate incidence or mortality rates subsequent to the selection of the study group.	Prospective Study,Studies, Prospective,Study, Prospective
D012121	Respiration, Artificial	Any method of artificial breathing that employs mechanical or non-mechanical means to force the air into and out of the lungs. Artificial respiration or ventilation is used in individuals who have stopped breathing or have RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY to increase their intake of oxygen (O2) and excretion of carbon dioxide (CO2).	Ventilation, Mechanical,Mechanical Ventilation,Artificial Respiration,Artificial Respirations,Mechanical Ventilations,Respirations, Artificial,Ventilations, Mechanical
D001980	Bronchi	The larger air passages of the lungs arising from the terminal bifurcation of the TRACHEA. They include the largest two primary bronchi which branch out into secondary bronchi, and tertiary bronchi which extend into BRONCHIOLES and PULMONARY ALVEOLI.	Primary Bronchi,Primary Bronchus,Secondary Bronchi,Secondary Bronchus,Tertiary Bronchi,Tertiary Bronchus,Bronchi, Primary,Bronchi, Secondary,Bronchi, Tertiary,Bronchus,Bronchus, Primary,Bronchus, Secondary,Bronchus, Tertiary
D001999	Bronchoscopy	Endoscopic examination, therapy or surgery of the bronchi.	Bronchoscopic Surgical Procedures,Surgical Procedures, Bronchoscopic,Bronchoscopic Surgery,Surgery, Bronchoscopic,Bronchoscopic Surgeries,Bronchoscopic Surgical Procedure,Bronchoscopies,Surgeries, Bronchoscopic,Surgical Procedure, Bronchoscopic
D002059	Burns, Inhalation	Burns of the respiratory tract caused by heat or inhaled chemicals.	Inhalation Burns,Burn, Inhalation,Inhalation Burn
D005260	Female		Females
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D014132	Trachea	The cartilaginous and membranous tube descending from the larynx and branching into the right and left main bronchi.	Tracheas