Open AccessIncidence of Bleeding Complications With Flexible Bronchoscopy in Cancer Patients With Thrombocytopenia
Author(s) -
Saadia A. Faiz,
Carlos A. Jiménez,
Bryan Fellman,
Tauqir Huk,
Sammer Jazbeh,
Sajid Haque,
Rodolfo C. Morice,
Horiana B. Grosu,
Diwakar D. Balachandran,
Vickie R. Shan,
Georgie A. Eapen,
Lara Bashoura
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of bronchology and interventional pulmonology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.648
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1944-6586
pISSN - 1948-8270
DOI - 10.1097/lbr.0000000000000590
Subject(s) - medicine , bronchoscopy , surgery , incidence (geometry) , malignancy , platelet transfusion , platelet , complication , lung cancer , physics , optics
Bronchoscopy is a safe procedure, but current guidelines recommend transfusion for platelets <20 K/μL. Studies of bronchoscopy in thrombocytopenia are limited.