A Comparison of Techniques for Optimal Performance of Bronchoalveolar Lavage

Journal of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 300-305

  Radhakrishna, Naghmeh ^a   Farmer, Michael ^a   Steinfort, Daniel P ^a,b   King, Paul ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

bronchoalveolar lavage; hand held syringe; suction method; wall suction

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY SUCTION DEVICE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BRONCHOSCOPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; FEMALE; HAND HELD SYRINGE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG ASPIRATION; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WALL SUCTION; ADOLESCENT; CYTOLOGY; DEVICES; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SUCTION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945246746     PISSN: 19446586     EISSN: 19488270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/LBR.0000000000000201     Document Type: Article

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