Bronchoalveolar lavage
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Bronchoalveolar lavage
Mosby Year Book, c1992
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Bronchoalveolar lavage is a new technique which has only been established in the last ten years, and has become wide spread and popularly used. This book provides information about the actual performance of lavage, processing it, its interpretation and its role in various lung diseases. The book features contributions from experts in the subject, and covers both the benefits and disadvantages of the technique in various lung diseases for which it has been applied in humans. It covers how the technique is performed, and the processing and handling of specimens. Chapters cover the use of bronchoalveolar lavage in children, in patients with infectious and non-infectious lung disease, including sarciodosis and pulmonary fibrosis, in immunocompromised patients and in transplant patients.
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