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Bronchoscopy in severe childhood asthma: Irresponsible or irreplaceable?
Author(s) -
Januska Megan N.,
Goldman David L.,
Webley Wilmore,
Teague W. Gerald,
Cohen Robyn T.,
Bunyavanich Supinda,
Vicencio Alfin G.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
pediatric pulmonology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.866
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1099-0496
pISSN - 8755-6863
DOI - 10.1002/ppul.24569
Subject(s) - medicine , asthma , bronchoscopy , guideline , context (archaeology) , intensive care medicine , surgery , pathology , paleontology , biology
For children with severe asthma, guideline‐based management focuses on the escalation of anti‐inflammatory and bronchodilatory medications while addressing comorbid conditions. Bronchoscopy, in this context, has been relegated to ruling out asthma mimickers. More recently, however, there have been questions surrounding the clinical utility of bronchoscopy in severe childhood asthma. In this solicited lecture summary, we discuss the past, present, and potential future applications of bronchoscopy in severe childhood asthma.