Pediatric Airway Endoscopy: Recommendations of the Society for Pediatric Pneumology
Dirk Schramm, Nadine Freitag, Thomas Nicolaï, Anna Wiemers, Bernd Hinrichs, Peter Amrhein, Diana DiDio, Christoph Eich, Bernd Landsleitner, Ernst Eber, Jürg Hammer, on behalf of the Special Interest Group on Pediatric Bronchoscopy of the Society for Pediatric Pneumology (GPP) and invited Societies involved in pediatric airway endoscopy
Abstract
For many decades, pediatric bronchoscopy has been an integral part of the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic pulmonary diseases in children. Rapid technical advances have continuously influenced the performance of the procedure. Over the years, the application of pediatric bronchoscopy has considerably expanded to a broad range of indications. In this comprehensive and up-to-date guideline, the Special Interest Group of the Society for Pediatric Pneumology reviewed the most recent literature on pediatric bronchoscopy and reached a consensus on a safe technical performance of the procedure.