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Descriptor English: Bronchoalveolar Lavage
Descriptor Spanish: Lavado Broncoalveolar
Descriptor lavado broncoalveolar
Entry term(s) lavado bronquial
lavado pulmonar
Scope note: Lavado de los pulmones con solución salina o mucolíticos con fines diagnósticos o terapéuticos. Es muy útil en el diagnóstico de infiltrados pulmonares difusos en pacientes inmunodeprimidos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Lavagem Broncoalveolar
Descriptor French: Lavage bronchoalvéolaire
Entry term(s): Bronchial Lavage
Bronchial Lavages
Bronchioalveolar Lavage
Bronchioalveolar Lavages
Bronchoalveolar Lavages
Bronchopulmonary Lavage
Bronchopulmonary Lavages
Lavage, Bronchial
Lavage, Bronchioalveolar
Lavage, Bronchoalveolar
Lavage, Bronchopulmonary
Lavage, Lung
Lavages, Bronchial
Lavages, Bronchioalveolar
Lavages, Bronchoalveolar
Lavages, Bronchopulmonary
Lavages, Lung
Lung Lavage
Lung Lavages
Tree number(s): E05.927.100
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018893
Scope note: 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.
Annotation: an irrigation technique: do not confuse with BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID, the washings obtained by lavage
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Irrigation (1977-1995)
Public MeSH Note: 96
History Note: 96
DeCS ID: 32824
Unique ID: D018893
NLM Classification: WF 600
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1996/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/12/27
Revision Date: 2010/06/25
Bronchoalveolar Lavage - Preferred
Concept UI M0028253
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Bronchoalveolar Lavage
Entry term(s) Bronchioalveolar Lavage
Bronchioalveolar Lavages
Bronchoalveolar Lavages
Bronchopulmonary Lavage
Bronchopulmonary Lavages
Lavage, Bronchioalveolar
Lavage, Bronchoalveolar
Lavage, Bronchopulmonary
Lavage, Lung
Lavages, Bronchioalveolar
Lavages, Bronchoalveolar
Lavages, Bronchopulmonary
Lavages, Lung
Lung Lavage
Lung Lavages
Bronchial Lavage - Narrower
Concept UI M0028254
Preferred term Bronchial Lavage
Entry term(s) Bronchial Lavages
Lavage, Bronchial
Lavages, Bronchial



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