PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - I A Du Rand AU - J Blaikley AU - R Booton AU - N Chaudhuri AU - V Gupta AU - S Khalid AU - S Mandal AU - J Martin AU - J Mills AU - N Navani AU - N M Rahman AU - J M Wrightson AU - M Munavvar AU - on behalf of the British Thoracic Society Bronchoscopy Guideline Group TI - Summary of the British Thoracic Society guideline for diagnostic flexible bronchoscopy in adults AID - 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-203629 DP - 2013 Aug 01 TA - Thorax PG - 786--787 VI - 68 IP - 8 4099 - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/68/8/786.short 4100 - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/68/8/786.full SO - Thorax2013 Aug 01; 68 AB - Flexible bronchoscopy is an essential, established and expanding tool in respiratory medicine. Its practice, however, needs to be safe, effective and for the right indications to maximise clinical utility. This guideline is based on the best available evidence and is a revised update of the British Thoracic Society guideline on diagnostic flexible bronchoscopy.