The role of bronchoscopy in patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia.
Marisol Arenas-De LarrivaRoberto Martín-DeLeonBlanca Urrutia RoyoIker Fernández-NavamuelAndrés Gimenez VelandoLaura Nuñez GarcíaCarmen Centeno ClementeFelipe Andreo GarcíaAlbert Rafecas CodernCarmen Fernández-AriasVirginia Pajares RuizAlfons Torrego FernándezOlga RajasGorane IturricastilloRicardo Garcia LujanLorena Comeche CasanovaAlbert Sánchez-FontRicardo Aguilar-ColindresRoberto Larrosa-BarreroRuth García GarcíaRosa CordovillaAna Núñez-AresAndrés Briones-GómezEnrique Cases ViedmaJosé FrancoJavier Cosano PovedanoManuel Luis Rodríguez-PerálvarezJose Joaquin Cebrian GallardoManuel Nuñez DelgadoMaría Pavón-MasaMaria Del Mar Valdivia SalasJavier FlandesPublished in: ERJ open research (2021)
Bronchoscopy may be indicated in carefully selected patients with COVID-19 to rule out superinfection and solve complications related to mechanical ventilation. The presence of haematic secretions in the distal bronchial tract may be considered a poor prognostic feature in COVID-19.