Is there a role for fibreoptic bronchoscopy in patients presenting with haemoptysis and negative CT? A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Syed MohammadThisarana WijayaratneAkash MavilakandyNawazish KarimMargaret TheakerRaja ReddyGeorgios Tsaknis

Published in: BMJ open respiratory research (2024)

This study suggests that bronchoscopy does not offer significant additional diagnostic benefit in the evaluation of patients presenting with non-massive haemoptysis and a negative CT scan.

Keyphrases

computed tomography
dual energy
image quality
contrast enhanced
positron emission tomography
magnetic resonance imaging