Lung lavage
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bronchopulmonary lavage therapy
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Scope Note
washing out of the lungs with saline or mucolytic agents for therapeutic purposes; for diagnostic purposes see DIAGNOSTIC RESPIRATORY LAVAGE.
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- Table of Contents CaseReport Discussion References Whole-lung lavage is the only effective treatment for pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP).
- Early pulmonary involvement in Niemann-Pick type B disease: lung lavage is not useful.
- In sum, we report that NK activity in lung lavage is similar to that found in blood and may be regulated by alveolar macrophages and that topical lidocaine inhibits NK activity, an effect which needs to be considered in studies of these cells from lung lavage.
- thumbwax, Jun 23 2003 Lung lavage is baked.
- We conclude that whole-lung lavage is a safe, highly effective, repetitively applicable treatment for pulmonary alveolar proteinosis.
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