Open AccessThe Importance of Flexible Bronchoscopy in Difficult-to-treat Asthma from a Pediatric Pulmonology Perspective
Author(s) -
Halime Nayır Büyükşahin,
Nagehan Emiralioğlu,
Dilber Ademhan Tural,
Beste Özsezen,
Birce Sunman,
İsmail Güzelkaş,
Ebru Yalçın,
Deni̇z Doğru,
U. Özçelik,
Nural Ki̇per
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
pubmed central
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
pISSN - 2757-6256
DOI - 10.5152/turkarchpediatr.2022.21315
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonology , bronchoscopy , asthma , interquartile range , pulmonary function testing , radiology , differential diagnosis , physical examination , pathology
Asthma is the most common chronic lung disease in childhood. Difficult-to-treat asthma is defined as the continuation of symptoms or attacks of patients despite step 4 or 5 of Global Initiative for Asthma therapy. In the differential diagnosis of these patients, flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy is recommended to exclude other lung diseases. In this study, we aimed to examine the clinical and radiologic features and flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy findings of patients referred to our pediatric pulmonology department due to difficult-to-treat asthma and determine the effects of flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy on the differential diagnosis and treatment.