Predictive value of BAL cell differentials in the diagnosis of interstitial lung diseases

L Welker, RA Jörres, U Costabel… - European respiratory …, 2004 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The current authors aimed to quantify how the likelihood for a given diagnosis changes with
the knowledge of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) cell differentials. As an initial estimate (a …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical usefulness of bronchoalveolar lavage cellular analysis and lymphocyte subsets in diffuse interstitial lung diseases

W Lee, WS Chung, KS Hong, J Huh - Annals of Laboratory …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Diffuse interstitial lung diseases (DILDs) form a part of a heterogeneous group
of respiratory diseases. Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) analysis has been used for …

[HTML][HTML] The diagnostic value of the bronchoalveolar lavage in interstitial lung diseases

B Efared, G Ebang-Atsame, S Rabiou… - Journal of negative …, 2017 - Springer
Objective Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is a diagnostic tool often used during the
management of interstitial lung diseases (ILD). However, its diagnostic value in …

An official American Thoracic Society clinical practice guideline: the clinical utility of bronchoalveolar lavage cellular analysis in interstitial lung disease

KC Meyer, G Raghu, RP Baughman… - American journal of …, 2012 - atsjournals.org
Background: The clinical utility of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BAL) cell analysis for the
diagnosis and management of patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) has been a subject …

Differences in BAL fluid variables in interstitial lung diseases evaluated by discriminant analysis

M Drent, PG Mulder, SS Wagenaar… - European …, 1993 - Eur Respiratory Soc
The aim of this study was to investigate the possibility of distinguishing between patients
with similarities in clinical presentation, suffering from three frequently occurring interstitial …

BAL biomarkers' panel for differential diagnosis of interstitial lung diseases

M d'Alessandro, A Carleo, P Cameli… - Clinical and …, 2020 - Springer
Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is a useful procedure for differential diagnosis of interstitial
lung diseases (ILDs) and for identification of granulomatous lung diseases. We investigated …

Bronchoalveolar lavage lymphocytes in the diagnosis of hypersensitivity pneumonitis among patients with interstitial lung disease

S Patolia, M Tamae Kakazu, HA Chami… - Annals of the …, 2020 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is an interstitial lung disease (ILD)
characterized by inflammation and/or fibrosis in response to an inhalational exposure …

Computer program supporting the diagnostic accuracy of cellular BALF analysis: a new release

M Drent, JA Jacobs, NAM Cobben, U Costabel… - Respiratory …, 2001 - Elsevier
Recently, we developed a validated computer program based on polychotomous logistic
regression analysis using bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) results to distinguish …

Role of bronchoalveolar lavage in interstitial lung disease

RP Baughman, M Drent - Clinics in chest medicine, 2001 - Elsevier
Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) was developed as a method for assessing local immune
response of the lung. 94 Bronchoalveolar lavage is considered a safe, easily performed …

Bronchoalveolar lavage cell populations in the diagnosis of sarcoidosis

RH Winterbauer, J Lammert, M Sellami, R Wu… - Chest, 1993 - Elsevier
Study design Between February 1, 1984, and February 1, 1989, fiberoptic bronchoscopy
was performed on 2,692 patients, 592 of whom had bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL). One …