REVIEW
Bronchoscopy in severe childhood asthma: Irresponsible or irreplaceable?
Megan N. Januska MD,
David L. Goldman MD,
Wilmore Webley PhD,
W. Gerald Teague MD,
Robyn T. Cohen MD,
Supinda Bunyavanich MD,
Alfin G. Vicencio MD,
Megan N. Januska MD
Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
Search for more papers by this authorDavid L. Goldman MD
Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, New York
Search for more papers by this authorWilmore Webley PhD
Microbiology Department, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts
Search for more papers by this authorW. Gerald Teague MD
Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia
Search for more papers by this authorRobyn T. Cohen MD
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
Search for more papers by this authorSupinda Bunyavanich MD
Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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Alfin G. Vicencio MD
Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
Correspondence Alfin G. Vicencio, Professor of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, #1202B, New York, NY 10029.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorMegan N. Januska MD,
David L. Goldman MD,
Wilmore Webley PhD,
W. Gerald Teague MD,
Robyn T. Cohen MD,
Supinda Bunyavanich MD,
Alfin G. Vicencio MD,
Megan N. Januska MD
Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
Search for more papers by this authorDavid L. Goldman MD
Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, New York
Search for more papers by this authorWilmore Webley PhD
Microbiology Department, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts
Search for more papers by this authorW. Gerald Teague MD
Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia
Search for more papers by this authorRobyn T. Cohen MD
Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
Search for more papers by this authorSupinda Bunyavanich MD
Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Alfin G. Vicencio MD
Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
Correspondence Alfin G. Vicencio, Professor of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, One Gustave L. Levy Place, #1202B, New York, NY 10029.
Email: [email protected]
Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
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.
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