Utility and safety of bronchoscopy during the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in Italy: a retrospective, multicentre study

Eur Respir J. 2020 Oct 15;56(4):2002767. doi: 10.1183/13993003.02767-2020. Print 2020 Oct.

Abstract

Utility and safety of bronchoscopy during the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak https://bit.ly/3ish52k

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Multicenter Study
  • Observational Study

MeSH terms

  • Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification*
  • Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / virology*
  • Bronchoscopy* / adverse effects
  • Bronchoscopy* / methods
  • Bronchoscopy* / statistics & numerical data
  • COVID-19
  • COVID-19 Testing
  • Clinical Laboratory Techniques / methods*
  • Coinfection / diagnosis
  • Coronavirus Infections* / diagnosis
  • Coronavirus Infections* / epidemiology
  • Coronavirus Infections* / physiopathology
  • Coronavirus Infections* / virology
  • Disease Transmission, Infectious / prevention & control
  • Early Diagnosis
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infection Control / methods
  • Italy / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Outcome Assessment, Health Care
  • Pandemics*
  • Pneumonia, Viral* / diagnosis
  • Pneumonia, Viral* / epidemiology
  • Pneumonia, Viral* / physiopathology
  • Pneumonia, Viral* / virology
  • Procedures and Techniques Utilization*
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Symptom Assessment / methods
  • Symptom Assessment / statistics & numerical data