Utility and safety of bronchoscopy during the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in Italy: a retrospective, multicentre study

MeSH terms

• Betacoronavirus / isolation & purification*
• Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / virology*
• Bronchoscopy* / adverse effects
• Bronchoscopy* / methods
• Bronchoscopy* / statistics & numerical data
• COVID-19
• COVID-19 Testing
• Clinical Laboratory Techniques / methods*
• Coinfection / diagnosis
• Coronavirus Infections* / diagnosis
• Coronavirus Infections* / epidemiology
• Coronavirus Infections* / physiopathology
• Coronavirus Infections* / virology
• Disease Transmission, Infectious / prevention & control
• Early Diagnosis
• Female
• Humans
• Infection Control / methods
• Italy / epidemiology
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Outcome Assessment, Health Care
• Pandemics*
• Pneumonia, Viral* / diagnosis
• Pneumonia, Viral* / epidemiology
• Pneumonia, Viral* / physiopathology
• Pneumonia, Viral* / virology
• Procedures and Techniques Utilization*
• SARS-CoV-2
• Symptom Assessment / methods
• Symptom Assessment / statistics & numerical data