"Bronchoalveolar Lavage" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D018893
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.927.100
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| Concept/Terms |
Bronchoalveolar Lavage- Bronchoalveolar Lavage
- Bronchoalveolar Lavages
- Lavage, Bronchoalveolar
- Lavages, Bronchoalveolar
- Lung Lavage
- Lavage, Lung
- Lavages, Lung
- Lung Lavages
- Lavage, Bronchopulmonary
- Bronchioalveolar Lavage
- Bronchioalveolar Lavages
- Lavage, Bronchioalveolar
- Lavages, Bronchioalveolar
- Bronchopulmonary Lavage
- Bronchopulmonary Lavages
- Lavages, Bronchopulmonary
Bronchial Lavage- Bronchial Lavage
- Bronchial Lavages
- Lavage, Bronchial
- Lavages, Bronchial
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Bronchoalveolar Lavage" by people in Profiles.
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Biofire pneumonia panel in lung donors: faster detection but limited pathogens. Transpl Infect Dis. 2023 Aug; 25(4):e14091.
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Idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis: spectrum of thoracic imaging findings in the adult patient. Clin Radiol. 2015 May; 70(5):459-65.
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Single-institution study evaluating the utility of surveillance bronchoscopy after lung transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2009 Jan; 28(1):14-20.
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Mechanical ventilation and the immune response. Intensive Care Med. 2002 Sep; 28(9):1365-6; author reply 1367.