Risk Stratification of Bronchoscopy/Laryngoscopy/Esophagoscopy
Cases
- Commonly stratified into three categories: emergent, urgent, and
non-urgent.10,11
- Emergent cases: moderate to severe tracheal or bronchial stenosis,
symptomatic central airway obstruction, massive hemoptysis or migrated
stent
- Urgent cases: lung mass or mediastinal/hilar lymphadenopathy
suspicious for cancer, foreign object aspiration, whole lung lavage,
mild/moderate hemoptysis, and suspected infection in immunocompromised
patients.
- Non-Urgent: all other indications
- The American Association for Bronchology and Interventional
Pulmonology (AABIP) has recommended that all non-urgent cases be
postponed until May 2020, at the earliest. 11
- Emergent vs Urgent Cases OR pathways: please see Figure 1