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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the diagnostic and therapeutic value of flexible bronchoscopy in children with necro⁃tizing pneumonia. METHODS: Clinical data of children diagnosed with necrotizing pneumonia in the Department of Pedi⁃atrics of the First Hospital of Jilin University from December 2016 to December 2017 were collected. The general clini⁃cal manifestations,laboratory examination results,chest X-ray or lung CT,flexible bronchoscope and other examinations of all the children were analyzed retrospectively. Based on the characteristics,diagnosis,treatment and prognosis,the ad⁃vantages of flexible bronchoscopy in this disease were analyzed. RESULTS: All the 32 cases were diagnosed as necrotizing pneumonia by imaging examination,with an average diagnosis time of 14.1 d. All 32 cases of children with necrotizing pneumonia received flexible bronchoscopy and alveolar lavage. The alveolar lavage in 32 cases presented turbidity mito⁃ta-like changes,which had high sensitivity in the diagnosis of necrotizing pneumonia. The average time for mitota-like changes in alveolar lavage was 6.7 days. CONCLUSION: Flexible bronchoscopy is an important method in the diagnosis and treatment of necrotizing pneumonia,and the change of alveolar lavage fluid is a sensitive index for early prediction of necrotizing pneumonia.