Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: This article presents recommendations aimed at reducing the risk of bleeding during bronchoscopy. The document was developed by a working group convened by the Polish Respiratory Society, which included pulmonologists experienced in bronchoscopic procedures, an anesthesiologist, a thoracic surgeon, a cardiologist, a hematologist, a nurse, and methodologists. Clinical questions were formulated according to the PICO (Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome) framework, followed by a systematic literature search and critical appraisal of the selected studies. Based on these data, 13 recommendations/good clinical practice points were developed addressing bronchoscopy in patients with thrombocytopenia, abnormal activated partial thromboplastin time or international normalized ratio results, and in those receiving antiplatelet agents, oral anticoagulants, or low-molecular-weight heparin.
Source: Advances in respiratory medicine
DOI: 10.3390/arm94040044
Institutions: Medical University of Silesia, Jagiellonian University, Ministry of Interior and Administration, National Medical Institute of the Ministry of Interior and Administration, Silesian Center for Heart Disease, Medical University of Warsaw, Medical University of Białystok, Medical University of Lodz, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, John Paul II Hospital, Instytut Hematologii i Transfuzjologi
Language: English
Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,568
OpenAlex ID: W7166705029