Complication | No. o patients | % of the total bronchoscopies/D.L | Associated risk factor/factors | No. of patients | % of the total bronchoscopies/D.L |
Transient hypoxia | 3 | 6.12 | 1) Age below 1 year | 1 | 2.04 |
2) Pre-existing pneumonia due to delayed presentation/referral in an infant (below 1 year) | 1 | 2.04 | |||
3) Improper size and positioning of a bronchoscope | 1 | 2.04 | |||
Hypoxic bradycardia | 2 | 4.08 | 1) Age below 1 year | 1 | 2.04 |
2) Lighter plane of anaesthesial/less skilled anaesthetist) | 1 | 2.04 | |||
Transient cardiac arrest | 2 | 4.08 | 1) Vegetable foreign body necessitating prolonged bronchoscopy in an infant below 1 year | 1 | 2.04 |
2) Semiblind technique without using a telescope or telescopic forceps (thus prolonging the procedure) | 1 | 2.04 | |||
Cardiac arrest and death | 1 | 2.04 | Vegetable foreign body necessitating prolonged bronchoscopy | 1 | 2.04 |
Bronchial perforation and death | 2 | 4.08 | Less skilled bronchoscopist | 2 | 4.08 |
Reflex bradycardia | 1 | 2.04 | Age below 1 year | 1 | 2.04 |
Bronchospasm | 1 | 2.04 | Delayed referral with pre existing pneumonia | 1 | 2.04 |
Misdirection of bronchoscope into oesophagus | 1 | 2.04 | Less skilled bronchoscopist | 1 | 2.04 |
Laryngospasm | 1 | 2.04 | Less skilled bronchoscopist with laryngeal trauma | 1 | 2.04 |
Subglottic oedema | 1 | 2.04 | Vegetable foreign body necessitating prolonged bronchscopy | 1 | 2.04 |
Pneumothorax | 1 | 2.04 | Vegetable foreign body necessitating prolonged bronchloscopy | 1 | 2.04 |
Surgical emphysema neck, chest | 1 | 2.04 | Less skilled bronchoscopist with a traumatic procedure | 1 | 2.04 |
Cerebral anoxia and death | 1 | 2.04 | Vegetable foreign body necessitating a prolonged procedure | 1 | 2.04 |
Paralytic ileus | 1 | 2.04 | Vegetable foreign body necessitating a prolonged procedure forced ventilation for hypoxia (with mask) | 1 | 2.04 |