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Bronchoalveolar Lavage Proteomics in Patients with Suspected Lung Cancer

Scientific Reports, 2017
Lung cancer configures as one of the deadliest types of cancer. The future implementation of early screening methods such as exhaled breath condensate analysis and low dose computed tomography (CT) as an alternative to current chest imaging based ...
A. S. Carvalho, Célia Cuco, Carla Lavareda, Francisco Miguel, M. Ventura, S. Almeida, P. Pinto, Tiago Tavares de Abreu, L. Rodrigues, S. Seixas, C. Bárbara, M. Azkargorta, F. Elortza, J. Semedo, J. Field, Leonor Mota, R. Matthiesen   +16 more
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Novel translational approaches to the search for precision therapies for acute respiratory distress syndrome. [PDF]

, 2017
In the 50 years since acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) was first described, substantial progress has been made in identifying the risk factors for and the pathogenic contributors to the syndrome and in characterising the protein expression ...
Calfee, Carolyn S, Meyer, Nuala J
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Correlation of the lung microbiota with metabolic profiles in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in HIV infection

Microbiome, 2016
BackgroundWhile 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) sequencing has been used to characterize the lung’s bacterial microbiota in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals, taxonomic studies provide limited information on bacterial function and impact ...
S. Cribbs, K. Uppal, Shuzhao Li, Dean P. Jones, Laurence Huang, Laura Tipton, A. Fitch, R. Greenblatt, L. Kingsley, D. Guidot, E. Ghedin, A. Morris   +11 more
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Bronchoalveolar lavage. [PDF]

Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1994
Bronchoalveolar lavage has a well established role in the diagnosis of pulmonary infections, particularly those due to opportunistic organisms in an immunocompromised host. Recent studies of infants and adults with inflammatory lung disease have helped our understanding of the mechanisms underlying these disorders and their responses to treatment. With
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Revision and Update of the Consensus Definitions of Invasive Fungal Disease From the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer and the Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium. [PDF]

, 2019
BACKGROUND: Invasive fungal diseases (IFDs) remain important causes of morbidity and mortality. The consensus definitions of the Infectious Diseases Group of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer and the Mycoses Study Group have ...
Akan, H, Alexander, BD, Andes, D, Azoulay, E, Baddley, JW, Bassetti, M, Bialek, R, Bradsher, RW, Bretagne, S, Calandra, T, Caliendo, AM, Castagnola, E, Chen, SC, Clancy, CJ, Cruciani, M, Cuenca-Estrella, M, Decker, CF, Desai, SR, Donnelly, JP, Fisher, B, Groll, AH, Harrison, T, Heussel, CP, Jensen, HE, Kauffman, CA, Kibbler, CC, Kontoyiannis, DP, Kullberg, B-J, Lagrou, K, Lamoth, F, Lehrnbecher, T, Lockhart, SR, Loeffler, J, Lortholary, O, Maertens, J, Marchetti, O, Marr, KA, Masur, H, Meis, JF, Morrisey, CO, Nucci, M, Ostrosky-Zeichner, L, Pagano, L, Pappas, PG, Patterson, TF, Perfect, JR, Prokop, CS, Racil, Z, Roilides, E, Ruhnke, M, Shoham, S, Slavin, MA, Sorrell, TC, Steinbach, WJ, Stevens, DA, Thompson, GR, Vazquez, JA, Verweij, PE, Viscoli, C, Walsh, TJ, Warris, A, Wheat, LJ, White, PL, Wingard, JR, Zaoutis, TE   +64 more
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Cholesterol-sensing liver X receptors stimulate Th2-driven allergic eosinophilic asthma in mice [PDF]

, 2016
Introduction: Liver X receptors (LXRs) are nuclear receptors that function as cholesterol sensors and regulate cholesterol homeostasis. High cholesterol has been recognized as a risk factor in asthma; however, the mechanism of this linkage is not known.
De Beuckelaer, Ans, Grooten, Johan, Gustafsson, Jan-Ake, Lambrecht, Bart, Naessens, Thomas, Smet, Muriel, Steffensen, Knut R, Van Hoecke, Lien, Vander Beken, Seppe, Vergote, Karl, Willart, Monique   +10 more
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Cytokine release syndrome after bronchoalveolar lavage

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2023
Background Immunosuppressed bone marrow transplant patients with pulmonary infiltrates routinely undergo bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) to investigate potential etiologies.
Margaret Guerriero, Feras Ally, Keith R. Loeb, Viswam S. Nair   +3 more
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Diffuse Alveolar Haemorrhage: A Single Centre Experience

Nepalese Medical Journal, 2019
Introduction: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage results from an accumulation of red blood cells into the alveolar space. Symptoms of alveolar hemorrhage are dyspnea, hemoptysis, anemia, diffuse pulmonary infiltrates and hypoxemic respiratory failure. Diagnosis
Ashesh Dhungana, Prajowl Shrestha
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Bronchoscopy, Imaging, and Concurrent Diseases in Dogs with Bronchiectasis: (2003-2014). [PDF]

, 2015
BackgroundBronchiectasis is a permanent and debilitating sequel to chronic or severe airway injury, however, diseases associated with this condition are poorly defined.ObjectiveTo evaluate results of diagnostic tests used to document bronchiectasis and ...
Byrne, BA, Johnson, EG, Johnson, LR, Kass, PH, Vernau, W   +4 more
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Measuring (1,3)-β-D-glucan in tracheal aspirate, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid, and serum for detection of suspected Candida pneumonia in immunocompromised and critically ill patients: a prospective observational study

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017
Background While Candida pneumonia is life-threatening, biomarker measurements to early detect suspected Candida pneumonia are lacking. This study compared the diagnostic values of measuring levels of (1, 3)-β-D-glucan in endotracheal aspirate ...
Kang-Cheng Su, Kun-Ta Chou, Yi-Han Hsiao, Ching-Min Tseng, Vincent Yi-Fong Su, Yu-Chin Lee, Diahn-Warng Perng, Yu Ru Kou   +7 more
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