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. 2020 May;74(5):260-262.
doi: 10.1055/a-1154-1814. Epub 2020 Apr 14.

[Recommendations for Performing Bronchoscopy in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic]

[Article in German]
K Darwiche  1 , B Ross  2 , W Gesierich  3 , C Petermann  4 , R-H Huebner  5 , C Grah  6 , D Gompelmann  7 , J Hetzel  8 , A Holland  9 , S Eisenmann  10 , F Stanzel  11 , A Kempa  12 , K Conrad  13 , R Eberhardt  14   15
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[Recommendations for Performing Bronchoscopy in Times of the COVID-19 Pandemic]

[Article in German]
K Darwiche et al. Pneumologie. 2020 May.

Abstract
in English, German

COVID-19, caused by coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is a new and ongoing infectious disease affecting healthcare systems worldwide. Healthcare worker are at high risk for COIVD-19 and many have been infected or even died in countries severely affected by COVID-19 like China or Italy. Bronchoscopy causes cough and aerosol production and has to be considered a significant risk for the staff to get infected. Particular recommendations should guide to prevent spreading COVID-19 and to protect healthcare worker when performing a bronchoscopy.

COVID-19, ausgelöst durch Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, ist eine neue, sich pandemisch ausbreitenden Infektionserkrankung, welche aktuell weltweit zu einer erheblichen Belastung der Gesundheitssysteme geführt hat. Krankenhausmitarbeiter stellen in Ländern mit hoher Krankheitsaktivität, wie China oder Italien, einen signifikanten Anteil der an COVID-19 Erkrankten und Verstorbenen dar. Bronchoskopische Untersuchungen führen beim untersuchten Patienten zu Hustenreiz und Aerosolbildung und beinhalten daher ein erhöhtes Infektionsrisiko für das Untersuchungsteam und für andere Patienten. In der aktuellen Pandemie sind daher besondere Maßnahmen bei der Durchführung bronchoskopischer Untersuchungen zu beachten, um das Infektionsrisiko zu senken.

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