Value of bronchoalveolar lavage in interstitial lung diseases.

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dc.contributor.authorPotdar, P Ven_US
dc.contributor.authorJain, Ken_US
dc.contributor.authorPrabhakaran, Len_US
dc.contributor.authorKamat, S Ren_US
dc.date.accessioned1989-07-01en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-30T21:59:23Z
dc.date.available1989-07-01en_US
dc.date.available2009-05-30T21:59:23Z
dc.date.issued1989-07-01en_US
dc.description21 references.en_US
dc.description.abstractFifty-eight patients of interstitial lung diseases and 30 control patients were submitted to bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) with flexible fibreoptic bronchoscopy. In 30 controls (with fluid recovery 61.7%) total cell count was 175 +/- 31/mm3 with macrophages 87.5 +/- 2.0%, neutrophils 7 +/- 1.9 and lymphocytes 5 +/- 0.6%. In idiopathic interstitial fibrosis (34 cases) these values were respectively 832 +/- 221/mm3, 47 +/- 5.5, 29 +/- 5.0 and 19 +/- 5 percent (significantly different P: less than 0.005, 0.001, 0.1 and 0.005 respectively from control. The results of bilateral lavages in 28 interstitial cases were similar. In other categories viz: sarcoidosis(8), macrophages were significantly fewer (61 +/- 10%: P less than 0.05) and lymphocytes significantly more (27 +/- 6.4%: P less than 0.05); in rheumatoid lung disease (4 cases) significantly fewer macrophages (45 +/- 5) were seen and 12 cases with methyl isocyanate exposure showed insignificant changes.en_US
dc.identifier.citationPotdar PV, Jain K, Prabhakaran L, Kamat SR. Value of bronchoalveolar lavage in interstitial lung diseases. Journal of the Association of Physicians of India. 1989 Jul; 37(7): 444-7en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/89120
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.japi.orgen_US
dc.subject.meshAdulten_US
dc.subject.meshBronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid --pathologyen_US
dc.subject.meshBronchoscopyen_US
dc.subject.meshDiagnosis, Differentialen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshLeukocytes, Mononuclear --pathologyen_US
dc.subject.meshLung Diseases, Obstructive --pathologyen_US
dc.subject.meshLung Neoplasms --pathologyen_US
dc.subject.meshMiddle Ageden_US
dc.subject.meshNeutrophils --pathologyen_US
dc.subject.meshPulmonary Fibrosis --pathologyen_US
dc.titleValue of bronchoalveolar lavage in interstitial lung diseases.en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.typeReviewen_US
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