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Review
. 2020 May;12(5):1781-1798.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2020.04.32.

Society for Advanced Bronchoscopy Consensus Statement and Guidelines for bronchoscopy and airway management amid the COVID-19 pandemic

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Review

Society for Advanced Bronchoscopy Consensus Statement and Guidelines for bronchoscopy and airway management amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Michael A Pritchett et al. J Thorac Dis. 2020 May.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/jtd.2020.04.32). MAP reports personal fees from Medtronic, BodyVision, Intuitive Surgical, Philips, Biodesix, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, United Therapeutics, Actelion, Pfizer, Ambu, and Boston Scientific and other from Inivata, all outside the submitted work; his wife is an employee of Medtronic. AB reports personal fees from Cook Medical and Change Healthcare, outside the submitted work. JDC reports personal fees from Restor 3D, Medtronic, Cook Medical, other from Intuitive Surgical, and personal fees and other from Pinnacle Biologics, outside the submitted work. GC reports personal fees from Boston Scientific, Medtronic, Pinnacle Biologics, Restor 3D, and grants from Intuitive Surgical, all outside the submitted work. GCN reports personal fees from Auris - Consulting for robotic bronchoscopy, outside the submitted work. CFP has nothing to disclose. JS reports personal fees from Somnoware Sleep Solutions and Medtronic, Inc, outside the submitted work. JT reports personal fees from Olympus/Spiration, outside the submitted work. MZ reports personal fees from Pulmonx, outside the submitted work. EF reports personal fees from Medtronic and Boston Scientific and grants from Intuitive Surgical, outside the submitted work. CLO has no conflicts of interest to declare.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Stratification of outpatient bronchoscopic procedures by urgency. *, when no other target present. **, where biopsy will alter treatment plans. ***, should not be more than 2 weeks after the pre-determined surveillance window. BAL, bronchoalveolar lavage; MAC, Mycobacterium avium complex.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Donning and doffing PPE and PAPR. Reproduced with permission from Matthew Walter, Department of Infection Prevention and Epidemiology, University of Michigan. PPE, personal protective equipment; PAPR, powered air-purifying respirator.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Single-use flexible bronchoscopes compared to traditional flexible bronchoscope set-up. (A) Ambu® aScopeTM with aViewTM monitor; (B) Glidescope® BFlexTM; (C) Olympus® EVIS EXERA IIITM platform.

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