title: Summary of the British Thoracic Society guidelines for advanced diagnostic and therapeutic flexible bronchoscopy in adults.
abstract: This new guideline covers the rapidly advancing field of interventional bronchoscopy using flexible bronchoscopy. It includes the use of more complex diagnostic procedures such as endobronchial ultrasound, interventions for the relief of central airway obstruction due to malignancy and the recent development of endobronchial therapies for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma. The guideline aims to help all those who undertake flexible bronchoscopy to understand more about this important area. It also aims to inform respiratory physicians and other specialists dealing with lung cancer of the procedures possible in the management and palliation of central airway obstruction. The guideline covers transbronchial needle aspiration and endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration, electrocautery/diathermy, argon plasma coagulation and thermal laser, cryotherapy, cryoextraction, photodynamic therapy, brachytherapy, tracheobronchial stenting, electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy, endobronchial valves for emphysema and bronchial thermoplasty for asthma.
authors: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, UK. ingrid.durand@nhs.net
authors: I A
authors: IA
authors: Du Rand
authors: P V
authors: PV
authors: Barber
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Goldring
authors: R A
authors: RA
authors: Lewis
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Mandal
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Munavvar
authors: R C
authors: RC
authors: Rintoul
authors: P L
authors: PL
authors: Shah
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Singh
authors: M G
authors: MG
authors: Slade
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Woolley
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D001249:Asthma / Q000628:therapy; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle / Q000379:methods; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000379:methods