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Observational Study
. 2020 Oct 15;56(4):2002767.
doi: 10.1183/13993003.02767-2020. Print 2020 Oct.

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

Michele Mondoni  1 , Giuseppe Francesco Sferrazza Papa  2   3 , Rocco Rinaldo  1 , Paola Faverio  4 , Almerico Marruchella  4 , Francesca D'Arcangelo  4 , Alberto Pesci  4 , Simone Pasini  5 , Sonia Henchi  6 , Giuseppe Cipolla  6 , Francesco Tarantini  7 , Lisa Giuliani  8 , Fabiano Di Marco  8 , Laura Saracino  9 , Stefano Tomaselli  9 , Angelo Corsico  10 , Stefano Gasparini  11 , Martina Bonifazi  11 , Lina Zuccatosta  11 , Laura Saderi  12 , Giulia Pellegrino  2   3 , Matteo Davì  1 , Paolo Carlucci  1 , Stefano Centanni  1 , Giovanni Sotgiu  12
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Observational Study

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

Michele Mondoni et al. Eur Respir J. .

Abstract

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

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: M. Mondoni has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: G.F. Sferrazza Papa has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: R. Rinaldo has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: P. Faverio has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: A. Marruchella has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: F. D'Arcangelo has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: A. Pesci has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: S. Pasini has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: S. Henchi has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: G. Cipolla has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: F. Tarantini has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: L. Giuliani has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: F. Di Marco has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: L. Saracino has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: S. Tomaselli has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: A. Corsico has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: S. Gasparini has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: M. Bonifazi has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: L. Zuccatosta has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: L. Saderi has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: G. Pellegrino has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: M. Davì has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: P. Carlucci has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: S. Centanni has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: G. Sotgiu has nothing to disclose.

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FIGURE 1
Bronchoscopic detection rate of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in patients with previous negative swabs and in the presence of a clinical and radiological suspicion of coronavirus disease 2019 pneumonia, in the total cohort (78 patients) and according to bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and bronchial washing (BW).
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