Repeatability of cellular constituents and cytokine concentration in fluid obtained by non-bronchoscopic bronchoalveolar lavage of infants receiving extracorporeal oxygenation

Thorax

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 924-931

  Mildner, R J ^a   Taub, N A ^b   Vyas, J R ^b   Killer, H M ^a   Firmin, R K ^a   Field, D J ^b   Kotecha, S ^b  

^a GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid; Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; Non bronchoscopic bronchoalveolar lavage

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; OXYGEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CELL COUNT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CYTOKINES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERLEUKIN-6; INTERLEUKIN-8; LINEAR MODELS; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLE SIZE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0035190824     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thorax.56.12.924     Document Type: Article

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