Objective to investigate the clinical characteristics of plastic bronchitis (PB) after pneumonia in children and the value of electronic bronchoscopy in diagnosis and treatment.<br>Methods from June 2017 to may 2019, 3 865 children with lower respiratory tract infection who were hospitalized in the respiratory department of children's Hospital Affiliated to Suzhou University, who had used bronchoscopy for diagnosis and treatment and met the criteria of bronchoscopy, were selected as the research objects. The children were divided into three groups: Pb group, simple sputum plug group and non obstruction group (lower respiratory tract infection with no secretion blocking bronchial cavity under bronchoscope and no plastic secretion in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF)]. The clinical characteristics, etiology, immune function, imaging and other laboratory examination results were compared and analyzed.<br>Results there was no significant difference in gender distribution among the three groups (P = 0.382). The age of Pb group and simple phlegm plug group was significantly longer than that of non blockage group. All three groups had cough. There were 25.06% (924 / 3687) wheezing children in non blockage group and 21.00% (21 / 100 cases) in simple phlegm blockage group, which were significantly higher than 5.13% (4 / 78 cases) in Pb group. The incidence of fever in Pb group was the highest, accounting for 93.59% (73 / 78 cases), followed by simple sputum plug group (83.00%, 83 / 100 cases), and no blockage group (71.93% (2 652 / 3 687 Cases). The difference between the three groups was statistically significant (χ 2 = 23.571, P < 0.05), In Pb group, the heat peak was (39.65 ± 0.6) ℃, and the heat duration was (10.32 ± 3.87) d; in the simple phlegm embolism blockage group, the heat peak was (39.57 ± 0.64) ℃, and the heat duration was (9.46 ± 5.13) d; in the non blockage group, the heat peak was (39.27 ± 0.76) ℃, and the thermal duration was (6.89 ± 4.06) d. The heat peak of Pb group was higher than that of non blockage group, and the heat duration was longer than that of non blockage group (all P < 0.01). Before bronchoscopy, 3865 children had pneumonia, lobar pneumonia and pleural effusion. The first group in the three groups was Pb group (79.49% (62 / 78 cases) with lobar pneumonia and 41.03% (32 / 78 cases) with pleural effusion), followed by simple sputum plug group (65% (65 / 100 cases) with lobar pneumonia and 27% (27 / 100 cases) with pleural effusion]. The levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) and D-dimer in Pb group were significantly higher than those in simple sputum plug group, and those in simple phlegm plug group were significantly higher than those in non blockage group. In T lymphocyte subsets, the percentage of CD4 + lymphocytes in Pb group was significantly lower than that in Pb group, while that in Pb group was significantly higher. Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) was the first pathogen in the three groups, but the detection rate of MP in Pb group (84.62%, 66 / 78 cases) was significantly higher than that in simple sputum plug group (60.00%, 60 / 100 cases) and non blockage group (55.68%, 2 053 / 3 687 cases), the difference was statistically significant (P<br>
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