The Pneumology and Intensive Care Medicine Services of Sant Pau have collaborated in the writing of a scientific article, which has recently been published in the prestigious American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
The paper describes the experience of Sant Pau in performing bronchoscopies in severe patients with COVID-19, respiratory failure and invasive mechanical ventilation. The data were collected during the first three weeks of the epidemic outbreak and it is the first published worldwide series of these characteristics. In addition to the description of technical aspects, the work shows that the performance of bronchoscopies in these patients has contributed favorably to the management of bronchial secretions and infectious complications.
