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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Bronchoalveolar Lavage
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Lavado Broncoalveolar
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Lavagem Broncoalveolar
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Synonyms English:
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Bronchial Lavage
Lung Lavage
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Tree Number:
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E05.510.100
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Definition English:
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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. |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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an irrigation technique: do not confuse with BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID, the washings obtained by lavage; DF: note short X ref
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History Note English:
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96
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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32824
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Unique Identifier:
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D018893
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Occurrence in VHL:
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