"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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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 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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Therapeutic Whole Lung Lavage for Alveolar Proteinosis. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2020 Jan; 34(1):250-257.
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RIG-I Signaling via MAVS Is Dispensable for Survival in Lethal Influenza Infection In Vivo. Mediators Inflamm. 2018; 2018:6808934.
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Chitin promotes antigen-specific Th2 cell-mediated murine asthma through induction of IL-33-mediated IL-1? production by DCs. Sci Rep. 2018 08 06; 8(1):11721.
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Drug hypersensitivity causing organizing eosinophilic pneumonia in a pediatric patient. Heart Lung. 2015 May-Jun; 44(3):243-5.
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IkappaB kinase is a critical regulator of chemokine expression and lung inflammation in respiratory syncytial virus infection. J Virol. 2004 Mar; 78(5):2232-41.
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A multicenter, randomized, controlled trial comparing Surfaxin (Lucinactant) lavage with standard care for treatment of meconium aspiration syndrome. Pediatrics. 2002 Jun; 109(6):1081-7.