Mesh term Bronchoalveolar Lavage
Browse to parent terms:Therapeutic Irrigation
Description
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.Browse to child terms:
Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid
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