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Investigative Techniques > Therapeutic Irrigation > Bronchoalveolar Lavage
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Preferred term

Bronchoalveolar Lavage  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Narrower concepts

Entry terms

  • Bronchioalveolar Lavage
  • Bronchioalveolar Lavages
  • Bronchopulmonary Lavage
  • Bronchopulmonary Lavages
  • Lavage, Bronchioalveolar
  • Lavage, Bronchopulmonary
  • Lavage, Lung
  • Lavages, Bronchioalveolar
  • Lavages, Bronchopulmonary
  • Lavages, Lung
  • Lung Lavage
  • Lung Lavages

Note

  • an irrigation technique: do not confuse with BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID, the washings obtained by lavage

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018893

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