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Advances in respiratory medicine · 4d
GuidelineAdvances in respiratory medicine · 2026

Guidelines for Minimizing Bleeding Risk During Bronchoscopic Procedures.

Adam Barczyk, Anna Andrychiewicz, Małgorzata Czajkowska-Malinowska … Filip Mejza
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New guidelines offer 13 recommendations to minimize bleeding risk during bronchoscopy.

Guidelines for Minimizing Bleeding Risk During Bronchoscopic Procedures.

Adam Barczyk … Filip Mejza
Advances in respiratory medicine · 2026
Purpose

This article presents recommendations aimed at reducing the risk of bleeding during bronchoscopy.

Results
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The working group developed 13 recommendations for safer bronchoscopic procedures.
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Clinical questions were formulated according to the Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome (Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome) framework, followed by a systematic literature search and critical appraisal of the selected studies.

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Conclusion

Based on these data, 13 recommendations/good clinical practice points were developed addressing bronchoscopy in patients with thrombocytopenia, abnormal activated partial thromboplastin time or international normalized ratio results, and in those receiving antiplatelet agents, oral anticoagulants, or low-molecular-weight heparin.

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