[Effects of fiber bronchoscopy on partial pressure of oxygen in the skin of miners with diseases of respiratory organs]. / Vliianie fibrobronkhoskopii na partsial'noe napriazhenie kisloroda v kozhe u gornorabochikh s patologiei organov dykhaniia.

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.