British Thoracic Society guideline for diagnostic fl exible bronchoscopy in adults I

Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Worcester, UK The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University Hospital South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK University Hospital of South Manchester, Manchester, UK Royal Blackburn Hospital, Lancashire, UK Lane Fox Unit, St Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Preston, UK University College London Hospital and MRC Clinical Trials Unit, National Institute for Health Research University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, London, UK Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford Respiratory Trials Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

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