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MeSH Heading: Bronchoalveolar Lavage
Tree Number(s): E05.927.100
Unique ID: D018893
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018893
Annotation: an irrigation technique: do not confuse with BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID, the washings obtained by lavage
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.
Entry Term(s): Bronchial Lavage; Bronchioalveolar Lavage; Bronchopulmonary Lavage; Lavage, Bronchopulmonary; Lung Lavage
NLM Classification #: WF 630
Previous Indexing: Irrigation (1977-1995)
Public MeSH Note: 96
History Note: 96
Date Established: 1996/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/12/27
Revision Date: 2019/05/24

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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.
Terms: Bronchoalveolar Lavage Preferred Term
Term UI T056313
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Bronchioalveolar Lavage
Term UI T056314
Date10/31/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Bronchopulmonary Lavage
Term UI T056315
Date09/01/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Lavage, Bronchopulmonary
Term UI T056316
Date09/14/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996); Lung Lavage
Term UI T056317
Date09/01/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1996)

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