The role of bronchoscopy in diagnosis of chronic cough in adults: a retrospective single-center study.

Introduction: Cough is one of the most frequent symptoms reported to pulmonologists. The role of bronchoscopy in the diagnostic work-up of chronic cough is not clearly defined. The aim of this study was to evaluate the utility of fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB) and additional testing of samples collected during FOB in the differential diagnosis of chronic cough in adults.

Is bronchoscopy always justified in diagnosis of haemoptysis? Response to the letter of Solidoro and Guerrera.

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Is bronchoscopy always justified in diagnosis of haemoptysis?

Introduction: Fiber-optic bronchoscopy (FOB) is commonly performed in the first line in diagnostic process of haemoptysis. However, lots of evidences suggest that in haemoptysis FOB do not always provide additional, useful information to radiological diagnostics. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the validity of performing FOB as a method of choice in first line diagnostics of haemoptysis.