The Role of Bronchoscopy in the Diagnosis and Management of Patients with SARS-Cov-2 Infection

Bronchoscopy has several major diagnostic and therapeutic indications in pulmonology. However, it is an aerosol-generating procedure that places healthcare providers at an increased risk of infection. Now more than ever, during the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the infe...

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Autores principales: Biondini, Davide, Damin, Marco, Bonifazi, Martina, Cocconcelli, Elisabetta, Semenzato, Umberto, Spagnolo, Paolo, Gasparini, Stefano, Saetta, Marina, Balestro, Elisabetta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8534996/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34679633
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11101938
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Sumario:Bronchoscopy has several major diagnostic and therapeutic indications in pulmonology. However, it is an aerosol-generating procedure that places healthcare providers at an increased risk of infection. Now more than ever, during the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the infectious risk during bronchoscopy is significantly raised, and for this reason its role in diagnostic management is debated. In this review, we summarized current evidence regarding the indications for bronchoscopy and the measures that should be applied to decrease risk exposure. Indeed, seeing the long-lasting period of the pandemic, resuming standard of care for all patients is required.

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