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Bronchoscopy and infection
1Consultant in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, SW3 6NP, London, UK. mrosenthal@rbh.nthames.nhs.uk
Paediatric Respiratory Reviews
|May 22, 2003
Abstract:
Bronchoscopy can be useful to diagnose respiratory infections in the immunocompromised and those with problematic cystic fibrosis or with focally abnormal chest X-rays. Its role in paediatric tuberculosis is controversial with scanty objective evidence. As it is an invasive procedure, the following should be asked: what question am I trying to answer by bronchoscopy? Will the answer justify the risks of the procedure?