The Utility of Bronchoscopy in Immunocompromised Patients: a Review

Overview

Journal J Thorac Dis

Publisher AME Publishing Company

Specialty Pulmonary Medicine

Date 2020 Feb 8

PMID 32030281

Citations 5

Authors

Christopher Morton

Jonathan Puchalski

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Abstract

Bronchoscopy is an important tool for the diagnosis of pulmonary disorders in immunocompromised patients. The addition of biopsies to bronchoalveolar lavage improves the diagnostic yield of non-infectious etiologies, although the underlying etiology of the immunocompromised state must be considered and may be influential. Certain unknowns remain, including timing of bronchoscopy and its impact on medical management and mortality. The ongoing role of non-invasive testing for infectious complications prior to bronchoscopy also remains to be defined. This review addresses the role of bronchoscopy in immunocompromised states related to underlying hematologic malignancies, prescription drug use or chemotherapy, and other disorders that predispose patients to infectious or non-infectious pulmonary diseases.

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