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Lung India2024;41(2):151-167.March 1, 2024Journal Article
NCCP-ICS joint consensus-based clinical practice guidelines on medical thoracoscopy.
Rakesh K Chawla1, Mahendra Kumar2, Arun Madan3, Raja Dhar4, Richa Gupta5, Dipti Gothi6, Unnati Desai7, Manoj Goel8, Rajesh Swarankar9, Amita Nene10, Radha Munje11, Dhruv Chaudhary12, Randeep Guleria13,14, Vijay Hadda15, Vivek Nangia16, Girish Sindhwani17, Rajesh Chawla18, Naveen Dutt19, Yuvarajan20, Sonia Dalal21, Shailendra Nath Gaur22, Subodh Katiyar23, Jai Kumar Samaria24,25, K B Gupta26, Parvaiz A Koul27, Suryakant28, D J Christopher29, Dhrubajyoti Roy30, Basant Hazarika31, Shanti Kumar Luhadia32, Anand Jaiswal33, Karan Madan34, Prem Parkash Gupta35, B N B M Prashad36, Nasser Yusuf37, Prince James38, Amit Dhamija39, Veerotam Tomar40, Ujjwal Parakh41, Ajmal Khan42, Rakesh Garg43, Sheetu Singh44, Vinod Joshi45, Nikhil Sarangdhar46, Sushmita Roy Chaudhary47, Sandeep Nayar48, Anand Patel49, Mansi Gupta50, Rama Kant Dixit51, Sushil Jain52, Pratibha Gogia53, Manish Agarwal54, Sandeep Katiyar55, Aditya Chawla56, Hari Kishan Gonuguntala57, Ravi Dosi58, Vijya Chinnamchetty59, Apar Jindal60, Shubham Sharma61, Vaibhav Chachra62, Utsav Samaria63, Avinash Nair64, Shruti Mohan65, Gargi Maitra66, Ashish Sinha65, Rishabh Kochar67, Ajit Yadav68, Gaurav Choudhary65, M Arunachalam69, Amith Rangarajan70, Ganesh Sanjan71
1Department of Respiratory Medicine, Critical Care and Sleep Disorders, Jaipur Golden Hospital and Saroj Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, India.
2Department of Respiratory Medicine, Institute of Respiratory Diseases, SMS Medical College Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
3Department of Respiratory Medicine, NDMC Medical College, Delhi, India.
4Department of Pulmonology, C K Birla Group of Hospitals, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
5Department of Respiratory Medicine, CMC Hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
6Department of Respiratory Medicine, ESI- PGIMSR, Delhi, India.
7Department of Pulmonary Medicine, TNMC and BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
8Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurugram, Haryana, India.
9Respiratory, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Get Well Hospital and Research Institute, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
10Department of Respiratory Medicine, Bombay Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
11Department of Respiratory Medicine, IGGMCH Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
12Department of Pulmonary Medicine, PGIMS Rohtak, Haryana, India.
13Chairman, Institute of Internal Medicine, Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Medanta, Gurugram, Haryana, India.
14Director, Medical Education Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Medanta, Gurugram, Haryana, India.
15Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
16Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, MAX Super Speciality Hospital Saket, New Delhi, India.
17Pulmonary Medicine AIIMS Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
18Respiratory Medicine, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, Delhi, India.
19Department of Pulmonary Medicine, AIIMS Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
20Department of Respiratory Medicine, SMVMCH, Pondicherry, India.
21Pulmonologist and Director, Dalal Sleep and Chest Medical Institute Pvt Ltd Vadodara, Gujarat, India.
22Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sharda Medical College, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
23Department of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, G. S. V. M. Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradseh, India.
24Department of Chest Diseases, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
25Director and Chief Consultant, Centre for Research and Treatment of Allergy, Asthma and Bronchitis and Dr. Samaria Multispeciality Centre Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
26Department of Pulmonary Medicine PGIMS Rohtak, Haryana, India.
27Pulmonary Medicine and Director, SKIMS, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.
28Department of Respiratory Medicine, King George's Medical University UP Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
29Department of Pulmonary Medicine, CMC, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
30Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine in Columbia Asia Hospital, Salt Lake Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
31Department of Pulmonary Medicine Guwahati Medical College, Guwahati, Assam, India.
32Department of Respiratory Medicine, Geetanjali Medical College and Hospital Udaipur, Rajasthan, India.
33Director, Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Medanta, The Medicity Gurugram, Haryana, India.
34Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep Disorders Department, AIIMS, Delhi, India.
35Department of Respiratory Medicine PGIMS Rohtak, Haryana, India.
36Department of Respiratory Medicine, KGMC, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
37Department of Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery, Sunrise Group of Hospitals Kochi, Calicut, Kerala, India.
38Interventional Pulmonology and Respiratory Medicine Naruvi Hospitals, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
39Chest Medicine, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital New Delhi, India.
40Director and Consultant Pulmonologist, Dr Shivraj Memorial Chest and Maternity Centre Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
41Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital New Delhi, India.
42Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
43Department of Onco-Anaesthesia and Palliative Medicine AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
44Director, Asthma Bhawan, Rajasthan Hospital, Rajasthan, India.
45Principal and Controller, RUHS College of Medical Sciences, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
46Department of Pulmonary Medicine, D. Y. Patil University School of Medicine, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
47Director Pulmonology, Fortis Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
48Senior Director and Head Centre for Chest and Respiratory Diseases BLK-Max Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, India.
49Department of Pulmonary Medicine GMERS Medical College and Hospital, Gujarat, India.
50Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, SGPGI Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
51Department of Respiratory Medicine, J L N Medical College, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India.
52Department of Respiratory Medicine, APOLLO, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.
53Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Sleep Disorders Department, Venkateshwar Hospital, Dwarka, New Delhi, India.
54Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep Disorders Department, Jaipur Golden Hospital, Delhi, India.
55Department of Pulmonology, Agrim Hospital, Varanasi, India.
56Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sleep and Critical Care, Saroj Super Speciality Hospital and Jaipur Golden Hospital, New Delhi, India.
57Department of Interventional Pulmonology, Yashoda Hospitals, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
58Consultant Chest Physician, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.
59Lead Interventional Pulmonologist Apollo Health City, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
60Lung Transplant Interventional Pulmonology and Respiratory Medicine MGM Healthcare, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
61Consultant Advanced Lung Failure and Transplant Pulmonologist, Yashoda Hospitals, Ghaziabad, UP, India.
62Pulmonologist, Max Hospital Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India.
63Pulmonologist, Apollo Spectra Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.
64Department of Respiratory Medicine Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
65Department of Respiratory Medicine, Jaipur Golden Hospital New Delhi, India.
66Pulmonologist, Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon, Haryana, India.
67Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, AIIMS Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
68Department Respiratory Medicine MMIMSR, Ambala, Haryana, India.
69Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine Yatharth Wellness Super Speciality Hospital, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
70SR Pulmonary Medicine AIIMS, Delhi, India.
71SR Pulmonary Medicine AIIMS, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
Abstract
Medical Thoracoscopy (MT) is commonly performed by respiratory physicians for diagnostic as well as therapeutic purposes. The aim of the study was to provide evidence-based information regarding all aspects of MT, both as a diagnostic tool and therapeutic aid for pulmonologists across India. The consensus-based guidelines were formulated based on a multistep process using a set of 31 questions. A…
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