Prospective study of fever after bronchoalveolar lavage in children

Klinische Pädiatrie
T HemmersV Stephan

Abstract

We investigated the significance of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) characteristics and bacterial pathogens isolated in bronchoalveolar lavage fluids, oropharyngeal cultures and blood cultures for the development of fever in children after flexible bronchoscopy. We studied 41 consecutive patients (age 4 months to 15 years), who underwent bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and 24 hours temperature monitoring. Two blood cultures of each patient drawn at two sites, oropharyngeal swabs, total cell counts, cell differentials and microbial cultures from lavage fluid were studied. Postbronchoscopic temperature increase was significantly higher in patients with positive BALF cultures (p = 0.04). Seven out of 41 patients had postbronchoscopic fever and positive bacterial cultures of BALF. Bacteraemia (with an identical pathogen isolated in BALF) was found in one febrile patient. There was a significantly higher total cell count (p = 0.03) and concentration of neutrophils (p = 0.001) in BALF among the children with presence of positive bacterial cultures. We conclude that fever is a frequent adverse event following BAL in children and is rarely associated with bacteraemia. Findings associated with the risk to develop fever are positive bac...Continue Reading

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Sep 10, 2008·Pediatric Pulmonology·Claire E WainwrightColin F Robertson
Mar 11, 2020·BMJ Open Respiratory Research·Elise Orvedal LeitenRune Nielsen

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