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Abstract
Washing out of the lungs with saline or mucolytic agents for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. It is very useful in the diagnosis of diffuse pulmonary infiltrates in immunosuppressed patients.
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- Bronchioalveolar Lavage
- Bronchopulmonary Lavage
- Lavage, Bronchopulmonary
- Lung Lavage
- Bronchioalveolar Lavages
- Bronchoalveolar Lavages
- Bronchopulmonary Lavages
- Lavage, Bronchioalveolar
- Lavage, Bronchoalveolar
- Lavage, Lung
- Lavages, Bronchioalveolar
- Lavages, Bronchoalveolar
- Lavages, Bronchopulmonary
- Lavages, Lung
- Lung Lavages
- Bronchial Lavage
- Bronchial Lavages
- Lavage, Bronchial
- Lavages, Bronchial
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Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, methods, mortality, nursing, psychology, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends, veterinary.
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Indexing Annotation
an irrigation technique: do not confuse with BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID, the washings obtained by lavage
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- Irrigation (1977-1995)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Bronchoalveolar Lavage. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018893. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018893
- Bronchoalveolar Lavage. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronchoalveolar_lavage
- Bronchoalveolar Lavage. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q927148