"Bronchoalveolar Lavage" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D018893
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.927.100
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| Concept/Terms |
Bronchoalveolar Lavage- Bronchoalveolar Lavage
- Bronchoalveolar Lavages
- Lavage, Bronchoalveolar
- Lavages, Bronchoalveolar
- Lung Lavage
- Lavage, Lung
- Lavages, Lung
- Lung Lavages
- Lavage, Bronchopulmonary
- Bronchioalveolar Lavage
- Bronchioalveolar Lavages
- Lavage, Bronchioalveolar
- Lavages, Bronchioalveolar
- Bronchopulmonary Lavage
- Bronchopulmonary Lavages
- Lavages, Bronchopulmonary
Bronchial Lavage- Bronchial Lavage
- Bronchial Lavages
- Lavage, Bronchial
- Lavages, Bronchial
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Bronchoalveolar Lavage" by people in Profiles.
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Sharma S, Malur A, Marshall I, Huizar I, Barna BP, Pories W, Dohm L, Kavuru MS, Thomassen MJ. Alveolar macrophage activation in obese patients with obstructive sleep apnea. Surgery. 2012 Jan; 151(1):107-12.
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Huizar I, Kavuru MS. Alveolar proteinosis syndrome: pathogenesis, diagnosis, and management. Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2009 Sep; 15(5):491-8.
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Marik PE, Baram M. Diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia. N Engl J Med. 2007 Apr 5; 356(14):1470; author reply 1470-1.
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Vahid B, Bibbo M, Marik PE. Role of CD8 lymphocytes and neutrophilic alveolitis in Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia. Scand J Infect Dis. 2007; 39(6-7):612-4.
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Tagaram HR, Wang G, Umstead TM, Mikerov AN, Thomas NJ, Graff GR, Hess JC, Thomassen MJ, Kavuru MS, Phelps DS, Floros J. Characterization of a human surfactant protein A1 (SP-A1) gene-specific antibody; SP-A1 content variation among individuals of varying age and pulmonary health. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2007 May; 292(5):L1052-63.
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Bonfield TL, Swaisgood CM, Barna BP, Farver CF, Kavuru MS, Thomassen MJ. Elevated gelatinase activity in pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: role of macrophage-colony stimulating factor. J Leukoc Biol. 2006 Jan; 79(1):133-9.
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Bonfield TL, John N, Malur A, Barna BP, Culver DA, Kavuru MS, Thomassen MJ. Elevated monocyte chemotactic proteins 1, 2, and 3 in pulmonary alveolar proteinosis are associated with chemokine receptor suppression. Clin Immunol. 2005 Jan; 114(1):79-85.
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Rivera-Marrero CA, Stewart J, Shafer WM, Roman J. The down-regulation of cathepsin G in THP-1 monocytes after infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis is associated with increased intracellular survival of bacilli. Infect Immun. 2004 Oct; 72(10):5712-21.
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Kavuru MS, Popovich M. Therapeutic whole lung lavage: a stop-gap therapy for alveolar proteinosis. Chest. 2002 Oct; 122(4):1123-4.
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Hastie AT, Kraft WK, Nyce KB, Zangrilli JG, Musani AI, Fish JE, Peters SP. Asthmatic epithelial cell proliferation and stimulation of collagen production: human asthmatic epithelial cells stimulate collagen type III production by human lung myofibroblasts after segmental allergen challenge. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2002 Jan 15; 165(2):266-72.