Is bronchoscopic view a reliable method in diagnosis of tracheobronchial aspergillosis in critically ill non-neutropenic patients?

Sahar Farghly YoussifElham Ahmed HassanAhmed Mohamed MoharramMohammed Ameen FarhanDalia M BadaryAli Adel Azeem Hasan

Published in: The clinical respiratory journal (2020)

Bronchoscopy could be a reliable procedure for TBA diagnosis in critically ill non-neutropenic patients. Whitish plaques ± ulcers were the prominent bronchoscopic changes with reasonable diagnostic accuracy for prediction of TBA.

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end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
minimally invasive
patient reported outcomes