Role of bronchoalveolar lavage in hospitalized pediatric patients

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 105, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 863-867

  Stavola, Joseph ^b   Steinberg, Charlotte ^a,b   Yagoda, Michelle R ^b   Ward, Robert ^b   Jones, Jacqueline ^b  

^a New York Hosp Comell Univ Med C ^*

^b NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

bronchoalveolar lavage; bronchoscopy; immunocompromised child; pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 10544234197     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348949610501104     Document Type: Article

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