Bronchoscopy has become an indispensable di- agnostic and therapeutic procedure for pulmo- nary physicians. There are many surveys about the current practice of bronchoscopy. In United States and United Kingdom the actual reflecti- ons of bronchoscopists have been obtained with postal surveys (1,2,3). Although some investi- gators pointed out to the poor reliability of this kind of surveys (reluctance of recording of complications by participants or confusion of participants on some of the questionnaires etc.) these surveys had the advantage of over looking to the nationwide practice. 215 Tüberküloz ve Toraks Dergisi 2001; 49(2): 215-220 Bronchoscopy Practice in Turkey Özgür KARACAN*, Peri ARBAK*, Özlem ÖZDEMİR*, Uğur GÖNÜLLÜ* * Department of Pulmonary Diseases Medical Faculty of Ankara University, ANKARA SUMMARY A nation-wide postal survey was designed to get insights of bronchoscopy practice in Turkey on February 1995. Total num- ber of participants was 76, of which 7 were thoracic surgeons and 69 were pulmonary physicians. Chest roentgenogram (100%), electrocardiogram (96%) and complete blood cell count (88%) were the most frequently required prebronchoscopic tests and the most commonly used premedication was atropine (93.7%). Prilocaine and lidocaine were the most commonly prefered local anesthetics. Mass, nodule, suspicious lesions on chest roentgenograms, atelectasis and hemoptysis were the most common indications of bronchoscopy. Only 18 (24%) of respondents were met the optimal bronchoscopist criteria. Regarding to bronchoscopic procedures there were surprisingly low rates for performing bronchoalveolar lavage (15.7%), transtracheal-transbronchial needle aspiration (11.8%). Bleeding (80%), hypoxemia (30%) and arrhythmia (21%) were the most common informed complications by the respondents. Key Words: Bronhoscopy, postal survey. ÖZET Türkiye’de Bronkoskopi Uygulaması 1995 yılının Şubat ayında Türkiye’de bronkoskopi uygulamasının özelliklerini araştırmak üzere ulusal bir anket çalışması düzenledik. Ankete katılan 76 bronkoskopistin 7’si göğüs cerrahı, 69’u göğüs hastalıkları uzmanıydı. Bronkoskopi öncesi en sık istenen testler göğüs radyografisi (%100), EKG (%96) ve tam kan sayımı (%88) iken, atropin (%93.7) pre- medikasyonda en çok kullanılan ajandı. Prilokain ve lidokain en çok tercih edilen lokal anestetiklerdi. Kitle, nodül, göğüs radyografilerindeki şüpheli lezyonlar, atelektazi ve hemoptizi en sık gözlenen bronkoskopi endikasyonlarını oluşturmak- taydı. Ankete katılanların sadece 18 (%24)’i optimal bronkoskopist kriterlerini taşımaktaydı. Bronkoalveoler lavaj (%15.7) ve transtrakeal, transbronşiyal iğne aspirasyonu (%11.8) düşük oranlarda yapılmaktaydı. En sık gözlenen komplikasyon- lar kanama (%80), hipoksemi (%30) ve aritmi (%21) idi. Anahtar Kelimeler: Bronkoskopi, anket araştırması.