... Abstract Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is a diagnostic procedure used to recover cellular and non-cellular components of the epithelial lining fluid from the alveolar and bronchial airspaces. Two types of the procedure have been described: bronchoscopic and non-bronchoscopic BAL. The preferred...

... Abstract Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) - an easily performed andwell-tolerated procedure - can retrieve cells and solutes fromthe lower respiratory tract.When applied according to standardizedprotocols and considered in the context of other information(gained from conventional ancillary...

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... the first year after lung transplantation - is it worth it?. Thorax 2007;62:57-61 14. De Blic J, Midulla F, Barbato A, Clement A, Dab I, Eber E, Green C, Grigg J, Kotecha S, Kurland G, Pohunek P, Ratjen F, Rossi G: Bronchoalveolar lavage in children. ERS Task Force on bronchoalveolar lavage in children...

... of flexible bronchoscopy in children: prospective study of 1 328 procedures. Eur Respir J 2002;20:1271-1276 17. De Blic J, Midulla F, Barbato A, Clement A, Dab I, Eber E, Green C, Grigg J, Kotecha S, Kurland G, Pohunek P, Ratjen F, Rossi G: Bronchoalveolar lavage in children, ERS Task Force...

... procedures, such as bronchoalveolar lavage, transbronchial biopsy, endobronchial ultrasound, electrocautery or laser treatments. Common indications for flexible bronchoscopy include recurrent croup or pneumonia, aspiration, foreign body and chronic cough. Although bronchospasm, transient fever, infection...

... Abstract This review examines the utility of flexible bronchoscopy (FB) in paediatric lung transplant recipients and other immunosuppressed children, including indications and contraindications, risk-benefits and potential complications of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and transbronchial biopsy...

... Abstract In children with difficult asthma or in asthmatic patients with overlapping disease, flexible bronchoscopy permits the examination of the morphology and the dynamics of the upper and lower airways. Moreover, it allows additional procedures to be performed. These include bronchoalveolar...

... ventilated paediatric patients. Aust J Physiother 2006;52:121-126 13. Schellhase DE, Fawcett DD, Schultz GE, Lensing SY, Tryka AF: Clinical utility of flexible bronchoscopy and bronchoalveolar lavage in young children with recurrent wheezing. J Pediatr 1998;132:312-318 14. Bush A, Busst CM, Knight WB...

..., Steiner P: Gastric lavage is better than bronchoalveolar lavage for isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in childhood pulmonary tuberculosis. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1993;11:735-738 40. Norman E, Keistinen T, Uddenfeldt M, Perolof Rydstrom P, Lundgren R: Bronchoalveolar lavage is better than gastric...

... pressure and blood WBC counts were monitored serially for 8 hours. Lung edema (wet-to-dry (W/D) weight ratios) and the concentration ratio of 125I-labeled albumin in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid and lung tissue compared to plasma, 125I-albumin BAL/plasma, 125I-albumin lung/plasma) were examined...

... by a proinflammatory response in sputum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluidwith elevation of neutrophils, macrophages and certain cytokines/chemokines. This responsecan be partially modified with certain drugs. Similar inflammatory changes are observedboth in the stable state of chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD...

...: Chronic cough in children: bronchoalveolar lavage findings. Eur Respir J 2000;16:1109-1114 22. Zimmerman B, Silverman FS, Tarlo SM, Chapman KR, Kubay JM, Urch B: Induced sputum: comparison of postinfectious cough with allergic asthma in children. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2000;105:495-499 23. Chang...

... ( 16 , 17 ). Moreover, there is a subpopulation of IL-23-responsive CD4 cells in the bronchoalveolar space of mice that can produce IL-17 in response to IL-23 and that there are IL-17-producing cells in lung tissue from mice as well ( 17 ). It is feasible, even though not finally proven...

... cannotbe cleared. It is, therefore, important to accurately determinethe timing of initial P. aeruginosa infection, to maximizethe chances of successfully eliminating the organism.The useof oropharyngeal cultures, serum anti-pseudomonas antibodies,and flexible bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage...