Effects of fiber bronchoscopy on partial pressure of oxygen in the skin of miners with diseases of respiratory organs
Iakovlev, V.I.; Larin, E.N.; Krivonos, A.P.; Boev, I.N.
Gigiena Truda i Professional'nye Zabolevaniya (5): 38-39
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0016-9919 PMID: 1869087 Document Number: 381266
Influence of fiber bronchoscopy (FBS) on the partial tension of oxygen (pO2) in the skin was studied in 17 respiratory disorders affected miners, with no stable FBS-caused gas exchange disorders established. The patients affected with atrophic endobronchitis actually did not exhibit pO2 changes in response to FBS. In the catarrhal and hypertrophic endobronchitis cases, FBS-related pO2 content decrease was registered with subsequent increase to the initial level 24 hours later, which was explained by bronchial permeability improvements after the FBS procedures.