Abstract

Fiber bronchoscopy has been used in pediatric for decades, and has became the important diagnostic tools in pediatric respiratory diseases.With the improvement of fiber bronchoscope equipment and the advancement of operation technology, fiber bronchoscope has been expanded unceasingly in pediatric, especially in the critically ill children.As a common critical disease in pediatric, severe pneumonia is urgent, serious and high rate of mortality.As the effect of conventional antibiotic treatment is not ideal in current, while fiber bronchoscopy with the dual function of examination and treatment makes it use more and more widely in children with severe pneumonia.Fiber bronchoscopy can improve the effect of treatment in children with severe pneumonia, short the course of the disease, improve the prognosis of children, reduce the rate of mortality. Key words: Pneumonia; Fiber bronchoscopy; Alveolar lavage; Children

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