title: Paediatric flexible bronchoscopy.
abstract: Flexible bronchoscopy is an emerging diagnostic, therapeutic and supportive procedure used in paediatric respiratory medicine. Despite the improvements in instruments and anaesthetic support for this procedure, supervised training, strict quality-control measures and ongoing research are essential to ensure standards of safe practice and judicial use of the procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Royal Children's Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Brent_Masters@health.qld.gov.au
authors.forename: I B
authors.initials: IB
authors.lastname: Masters
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cooper
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods; D001315:Australia; D020680:Bronchoscopes; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D009520:New Zealand; D018579:Patient Selection; D010372:Pediatrics; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic