TY - JOUR T1 - Cellular analysis in bronchoalveolar lavage: inherent limitations of current standard procedure JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J DO - 10.1183/13993003.01844-2016 VL - 49 IS - 6 SP - 1601844 AU - Benjamin-Alexander Bollmann AU - Benjamin Seeliger AU - Nora Drick AU - Tobias Welte AU - Jens T. Gottlieb AU - Mark Greer Y1 - 2017/06/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/49/6/1601844.abstract N2 - Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is an established procedure for diagnosing respiratory infections and characterising non-infective lung diseases [1]. Increasingly, emphasis has been placed on BAL cellular composition in the diagnostic algorithms for interstitial lung disease [2] and chronic lung allograft dysfunction following lung transplantation [3].The “dead-space” concept: bronchoscope size and instillation protocol significantly alter BAL cellular composition http://ow.ly/ZEaj30be7HV ER -