Abstract:Abstract: Objective To explore the effects of fiberoptic bronchoscopy for bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) under chest computed tomography (CT) guidance and mechanical ventilation in the patients with severe pulmonary infection. Methods 86 severe pulmonary infection patients treated with mechanical ventilation, from March 2012 to September 2014 in our hospital, were selected for the study. The patients were randomly divided into control group and observation group, 43 cases in each group. Patients in control group were treated without radiological examination before bronchoscopy lavage, the observation group were given chest CT examination. Respiratory rate, heart rate and blood pressure and other vital signs were monitored. Vital signs and variables of respiratory mechanics of patients were monitored before and 1 h after BAL. The clinical efficacy of the two groups was compared. Results During BAL and at 10 min after BAL, respiratory rate and heart rate of observation group were lower than those of control group (P < 0.05), there was no significant difference in blood pressure between groups One hour after BAL, peak inspiratory pressure (PIP), airway resistance (RAW) and work of breathing ventilation (WOB vent) in observation group were lower than those in control group, therefore, dynamic compliance (Cdyn) in observation group was better than that in control group (P < 0.05). The total effective rate of observation group was 97.67 %; and was significant higher than control group (86.05 %), the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). Conclusion BAL by using fiberoptic bronchoscopy under chest CT guidance can effectively reduce the stress on patients with severe pulmonary infection supported with mechanical ventilation, decrease airway hyper-reactivity, shorten the time of mechanical ventilation and antibiotics and improve the total effective rate.