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Differential examination of bronchoalveolar lavage cells in tobacco cigarette and marijuana smokers.

American Review of Respiratory Disease, 2015
Cells derived from bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) were obtained from 19 healthy non-smokers (NS) and from 43 healthy smokers of tobacco and/or marijuana. Thirteen subjects smoked tobacco cigarettes only (TS) (mean +/- SE: 17.4 +/- 5.5 pack-years).
R. Barbers, H. Gong, D. Tashkin, J. Oishi, J. Wallace   +4 more
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Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid evaluation in rheumatoid arthritis.

American Review of Respiratory Disease, 2015
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a systemic disorder of unknown cause, is associated with a variety of well-recognized pulmonary abnormalities including interstitial lung disease.
Joe G. N. Garcia, Nourllah Parhami, Donald Killam, Paula L. Garcia, B. Keogh   +4 more
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Bronchoalveolar Lavage in Sarcoidosis

Respiration, 1985
Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) was performed in 1,188 patients suffering from sarcoidosis. After technical considerations, the authors analyze the results of BAL from a practical point of view concerning its value for the diagnosis of sarcoidosis and its prognostic value and its value for the selection of therapy, particularly for the decision as to ...
A. Arnoux, C. Danel, D. Sandron, Dominique Israel-Biet, Alain Venet, Chrétien J   +5 more
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Analyses of sequential bronchoalveolar lavage samples from healthy human volunteers.

American Review of Respiratory Disease, 2015
Subsegmental bronchoalveolar lavage of human subjects provides an accessible sample of cells and secretions from the lower respiratory tract for clinical and research study. Technical factors that may modify lavage results have received little attention.
G. S. Davis, M. S. Giancola, M. Costanza, R. Low   +3 more
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Bronchoalveolar lavage in pediatrics

The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 1996
Bronchoalveolar lavage is a relatively new technique that is used to study the local cellular, biochemical and immunological changes occurring in the lower respiratory tract. The procedure involves instilling a fixed volume of saline into a lung segment after the flexible fibreoptic bronchoscope is wedged into a distal bronchus. The saline is aspirated
D. Vijayasekaran, Soumya Swaminathan, N. Somu   +2 more
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Rewash Bronchoalveolar Lavage

American Review of Respiratory Disease, 1991
A significant limitation of standard bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) technique is the inability to measure or calculate epithelial lining fluid (ELF) volume and, therefore, in vivo concentrations of substances in the ELF. We evaluated a new rewash BAL procedure with the radiolabeled tracer technetium pertechnetate (99mTcO4-) that theoretically should be ...
Barry T. Peterson, Michael L. Collins, David E. Griffith   +2 more
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Biochemical analyses of bronchoalveolar lavage fluids of healthy human volunteer smokers and nonsmokers.

American Review of Respiratory Disease, 2015
Analyses were made of the protein, carbohydrate, lipid, and potassium composition of lavage fluids obtained from healthy volunteers in an effort to establish normal values for content and variability.
R. Low, G. S. Davis, M. S. Giancola
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Bronchoalveolar Lavage in Asbestosis

Archives of Internal Medicine, 1983
The interstitial lung disease associated with asbestosis is unique in that the etiological agent and its effects on the pulmonary parenchyma can be studied on a serial basis using bronchoalveolar lavage. In this way both disease activity and structural derangements can be assessed and used in the treatment of the affected individual.
A.C. Braude, Anthony S. Rebuck
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An official American Thoracic Society clinical practice guideline: the clinical utility of bronchoalveolar lavage cellular analysis in interstitial lung disease.

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2012
BACKGROUND The clinical utility of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BAL) cell analysis for the diagnosis and management of patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) has been a subject of debate and controversy.
K. Meyer, G. Raghu, R. Baughman, K. Brown, U. Costabel, Roland M. du Bois, M. Drent, P. Haslam, D. S. Kim, S. Nagai, P. Rottoli, C. Saltini, M. Selman, C. Strange, Brent Wood   +14 more
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Galactomannan in bronchoalveolar lavage for diagnosing invasive fungal disease.

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2014
RATIONALE Invasive fungal disease (IFD) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients. OBJECTIVES We hypothesize that galactomannan (GM), a component of fungal cell wall, as measured in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL ...
Kristina Affolter, M. Tamm, K. Jahn, J. Halter, J. Passweg, H. Hirsch, D. Stolz   +6 more
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