Multidisciplinary consensus on sputum induction biosafety during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Allergy
; 76(8): 2407-2419, 2021 08.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1060303
ABSTRACT
Sputum induction (SI) is the gold standard approach to the non-invasive study of airway inflammation. The differential count of inflammatory cells for SI allows patients with asthma to be classified according to inflammatory phenotypes and predicted therapeutic responses. Since SI involves the generation of aerosols, there is a need to establish a protocol to ensure biosafety in clinical practice during the current COVID-19 pandemic. The multidisciplinary consensus on SI described in this article was developed by 22 experts in SI from different Spanish hospitals who drew on available scientific evidence in achieving consensuated opinions, compiled by means of an electronic survey. We hope that these unified criteria and recommendations will guide health professionals in implementing SI sampling and processing procedures as safely as possible during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pandemics
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Allergy
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
All.14697
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