Con: Bronchoscopy is essential for pulmonary infections in patients with haematological malignancies

Matthew K Ing; Jonathan P Williamson

doi:10.1183/20734735.0210-2020

Con: Bronchoscopy is essential for pulmonary infections in patients with haematological malignancies

Breathe (Sheff). 2020 Dec;16(4):200210. doi: 10.1183/20734735.0210-2020.

Authors

Matthew K Ing¹, Jonathan P Williamson^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, Australia.
² South Western Sydney Clinical School, Liverpool Hospital, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
³ MQ Health Respiratory and Sleep, Macquarie University Hospital, Sydney, Australia.

Abstract

Whilst some patients with haematological malignancy and pulmonary infection may benefit from a bronchoscopy, this uniform approach is not justified by the literature and more studies are required to fill the void in our understanding of this area https://bit.ly/3bfUfs7.

Publication types

Editorial