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The role of bronchoscopy in patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia

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2021

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Marisol Arenas‐De Larriva, Roberto Martin-Deleon, Blanca Urrutia Royo, Iker Fernández-Navamuel, Andrés Giménez Velando, Carmen Centeno Clemente, Felipe Andreo García, A Rafecas, Carmen Fernández-Arias, Virginia Pajares,
ERJ Open Research

Abstract

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.

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