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Bronchoalveolar Lavage

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Definition: 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.  an irrigation technique: do not confuse with BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID, the washings obtained by lavage; DF: note short X ref   
Examples Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid 		Other names Lung Lavages; Lavages, Lung; Lavages, Bronchopulmonary; Lavages, Bronchoalveolar; Lavages, Bronchioalveolar; Lavages, Bronchial; Lavage, Lung; Lavage, Bronchoalveolar; Lavage, Bronchioalveolar; Lavage, Bronchial; Bronchopulmonary Lavages; Bronchoalveolar Lavages; Bronchioalveolar Lavages; Bronchial Lavages; Lavage, Bronchopulmonary; Bronchopulmonary Lavage; Bronchioalveolar Lavage; Lung Lavage; Bronchial Lavage

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