Introduction
Flexible bronchoscopy is an important procedure in pediatric pulmonology and many centres across India have started performing this procedure. However, the practices involved in the procedure are variable and standard guidelines are not available. It is important to have a standardized procedure for optimal output. The first step in this direction is to assess the current practices. There are surveys regarding bronchoscopy in adults from various countries like Canada (1), UK (2), Japan (3), Australia and New Zealand (4), and India (5). There is hardly any survey exclusively for pediatric bronchoscopy. Guidelines for pediatric bronchoscopy are available (6) (7), but it is little known, how much they are followed.
We conducted a survey to evaluate prevalent practice and variations in pediatric flexible bronchoscopy practices in India. The survey also aimed to compare current pediatric flexible bronchoscopy practices with published guidelines.