Methods
The pediatric bronchoscopy survey was an online survey via an email
link. It was sent to members of the Respiratory Chapter of Indian
Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) and those performing pediatric flexible
bronchoscopy were asked to complete the survey. The same survey email
was also sent to members of Indian Chest Society of adult pulmonologists
to know if they were doing flexible bronchoscopy in children. Authors
also sent emails to their personal contacts doing pediatric flexible
bronchoscopy.
The survey had 95 questions in following seven domains: (A)
Demographics, (B) Patient preparation, (C) Sedation/Anesthesia, (D)
Bronchoscopy procedure, (E) Bronchoscope cleaning, (F) Monitoring during
and after procedures, and (G) Complications (Supplementary file S1). The
questions for survey were decided by bronchoscopy guidelines and
questions used in previous adult bronchoscopy surveys.
A “Google form” was created using Google interface for the online
survey. Questions were yes/no type, multiple option questions and space
for additional information was also provided. A trial run was done where
authors themselves completed the survey to identify any difficulty in
completing the survey. The survey link was sent within 2 weeks to all
and kept open for the next 3 months to collect the responses. A reminder
was sent after 1 month. The participation in the survey was voluntary
and no incentives were offered to the participants for responding. The
study was approved by Institute Ethics Committee.