ZHANG Yang 1,2 , HUA Tianfeng 1,2 , ZHENG Yao 1,2 , LI Hui 1,2 , YANG Min 1,2
  • 1. The Second Department of Intensive Care Unit, No. 2 Hospital Affiliated to Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, P. R. China;
  • 2. The Laboratory of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Critical Care Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui 230601, P. R. China;
YANG Min, Email: 512130761@qq.com
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ObjectiveTo systematically evaluate the efficacy of fiberoptic bronchoscopy for patients with stroke-associated pneumonia (SAP).MethodsAll randomized controlled trials on fiberoptic bronchoscopy in treating SAP were collected from Embase, PubMed, Cochrane Library, China National Knowledge Infrastructure, Chinese Biology Medicine database, Wanfang database, and Chongqing VIP database. Two reviewers screened the literature, extracted data, and assessed the methodological quality of included studies. And then meta-analysis was conducted using RevMan 5.3 software.ResultsTwelve studies with 1 107 patients were included. Compared with the routine therapy, the fiberoptic bronchoscopy combined with routine therapy showed a better efficacy [relative risk (RR)=1.26, 95% confidence interval (CI) (1.17, 1.36), P<0.000 01], and indicated a shorter hospital-stay [mean difference (MD)=–4.29 days, 95%CI (–5.06, –3.52) days, P<0.000 01] and lower Clinical Pulmonary Infection Score values [MD=–1.13, 95%CI (–1.77, –0.49), P=0.000 5]. Meanwhile, a downward trend in the level of procalcitonin [standardized mean difference (SMD)=–3.86, 95%CI (–4.22, –3.50), P<0.000 01], tumor necrosis factor α [SMD=–2.75, 95%CI (–3.84, –1.66), P<0.000 01], and C-reactive protein [SMD=–2.55, 95%CI (–3.83, –1.26), P=0.000 1], as well as a higher level of partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood [MD=15.34 mm Hg (1 mm Hg=0.133 kPa), 95%CI (6.38, 24.31) mm Hg, P=0.000 8] appeared after the combined treatment.ConclusionBased on the conventional therapy, the treatment of fiberoptic bronchoscopy can improve the efficacy, shorten the hospital stay, relieve the systemic inflammatory responses, and improve the oxygenation of SAP patients.

Citation: ZHANG Yang, HUA Tianfeng, ZHENG Yao, LI Hui, YANG Min. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy for stroke-associated pneumonia: a meta-analysis. West China Medical Journal, 2019, 34(1): 66-73. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.201901045 Copy

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