Low utilisation of bronchoscopy to assess COVID-19 respiratory infection: a multicenter experience

Kamran Mahmood; Matt Abbott; Keriann Van Nostrand; Rabih Bechara; Anne V Gonzalez; Amanda Brucker; Cynthia L Green; Christopher R Polage

doi:10.1136/bmjresp-2021-000962

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Respiratory infection

Low utilisation of bronchoscopy to assess COVID-19 respiratory infection: a multicenter experience

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Kamran Mahmood Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Matt Abbott Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Keriann Van Nostrand Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Rabih Bechara Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Anne V Gonzalez Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Amanda Brucker Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Cynthia L Green Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Christopher R Polage Department of Pathology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dr Kamran Mahmood; k.mahmood{at}duke.edu

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Mahmood K, Abbott M, Van Nostrand K, et al

Low utilisation of bronchoscopy to assess COVID-19 respiratory infection: a multicenter experience

BMJ Open Respiratory Research 2021;8:e000962. doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2021-000962

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Received April 16, 2021
Accepted July 5, 2021
First published July 23, 2021.

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July 13, 2022

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