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Descriptor English:   Bronchoalveolar Lavage 
Descriptor Spanish:   Lavado Broncoalveolar 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Lavagem Broncoalveolar 
Synonyms English:   Bronchial Lavage
Lung Lavage  
Tree Number:   E05.927.100
Definition English:   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. 
Indexing Annotation English:   an irrigation technique: do not confuse with BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID, the washings obtained by lavage; DF: note short X ref
History Note English:   96 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
AE adverse effects CL classification
CT contraindications EC economics
ES ethics HI history
IS instrumentation MT methods
MO mortality NU nursing
PX psychology ST standards
SN statistics & numerical data TD trends
UT utilization VE veterinary
Record Number:   32824 
Unique Identifier:   D018893 

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