Experiences with bronchoalveolar lavage in disseminated and other lung diseases

Wiesner, B.; Lenich, R.; Reichelt, D.; Dürschmied, H.; Jäger, J.; Knöll, P.; Glombitza, J.; Kullmann, H.J.

Zeitschrift für Erkrankungen der Atmungsorgane 169(3): 229-234

1987


ISSN/ISBN: 0303-657X
PMID: 3445642
Document Number: 294806
In 860 patients 980 bronchoalveolar lavages were performed. The repeated BAL allows conclusions of the effect of treatment and the prognosis of the disease. BAL is together with other clinical findings an important new method in pulmology. Its value in diagnosis of interstitial pulmonary diseases and other pulmonary diseases is described with special view to occupational expositions.

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