TY - JOUR
T1 - Official american thoracic society technical standards
T2 - Flexible airway endoscopy in children
AU - Behalf of the American Thoracic Society Ad Hoc Committee on Flexible Airway Endoscopy in Children
AU - Faro, Albert
AU - Wood, Robert E.
AU - Schechter, Michael S.
AU - Leong, Albin B.
AU - Wittkugel, Eric
AU - Abode, Kathy
AU - Chmiel, James F.
AU - Daines, Cori
AU - Davis, Stephanie
AU - Eber, Ernst
AU - Huddleston, Charles
AU - Kilbaugh, Todd
AU - Kurland, Geoffrey
AU - Midulla, Fabio
AU - Molter, David
AU - Montgomery, Gregory S.
AU - Retsch-Bogart, George
AU - Rutter, Michael J.
AU - Visner, Gary
AU - Walczak, Stephen A.
AU - Ferkol, Thomas W.
AU - Michelson, Peter H.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 by the American Thoracic Society.
PY - 2015/5/1
Y1 - 2015/5/1
N2 - Background: Flexible airway endoscopy (FAE) is an accepted and frequently performed procedure in the evaluation of children with known or suspected airway and lung parenchymal disorders. However, published technical standards on how to perform FAE in children are lacking. Methods: The American Thoracic Society (ATS) approved the formation of a multidisciplinary committee to delineate technical standards for performing FAE in children. The committee completed a pragmatic synthesis of the evidence and used the evidence synthesis to answer clinically relevant questions. Results: There is a paucity of randomized controlled trials in pediatric FAE. The committee developed recommendations based predominantly on the collective clinical experience of our committee members highlighting the importance of FAE-specific airway management techniques and anesthesia, establishing suggested competencies for the bronchoscopist in training, and defining areas deserving further investigation. Conclusions: These ATS-sponsored technical standards describe the equipment, personnel, competencies, and special procedures associated with FAE in children.
AB - Background: Flexible airway endoscopy (FAE) is an accepted and frequently performed procedure in the evaluation of children with known or suspected airway and lung parenchymal disorders. However, published technical standards on how to perform FAE in children are lacking. Methods: The American Thoracic Society (ATS) approved the formation of a multidisciplinary committee to delineate technical standards for performing FAE in children. The committee completed a pragmatic synthesis of the evidence and used the evidence synthesis to answer clinically relevant questions. Results: There is a paucity of randomized controlled trials in pediatric FAE. The committee developed recommendations based predominantly on the collective clinical experience of our committee members highlighting the importance of FAE-specific airway management techniques and anesthesia, establishing suggested competencies for the bronchoscopist in training, and defining areas deserving further investigation. Conclusions: These ATS-sponsored technical standards describe the equipment, personnel, competencies, and special procedures associated with FAE in children.
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U2 - 10.1164/rccm.201503-0474ST
DO - 10.1164/rccm.201503-0474ST
M3 - Article
C2 - 25932763
AN - SCOPUS:84928984020
SN - 1073-449X
VL - 191
SP - 1066
EP - 1080
JO - American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
JF - American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
IS - 9
ER -