Fiberoptic bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is thought to be the procedure of choice to evaluate pulmonary infiltrates in hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients.

Bronchoalveolar lavage. Bronchoalveolar lavage is performed during bronchoscopy. Sterile water is injected through the bronchoscope into a segment of the lung. The fluid is then suctioned back and ...

It has not yet been reported how severely “routine” flexible bronchoscopy and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) affect pulmonary function in these patients, resulting in a highly challenging ...

or lavage, to collect cells and fluids. The doctor will later examine them under a microscope. During the bronchoscopy, a doctor may take an ultrasound, to get a clearer picture of the lymph nodes ...

Insufficient clinical data were available to estimate the time between the last use of an e-cigarette product and the bronchoscopy to obtain BAL fluid. Sample collection was conducted according to ...

Up to 69.3% of the bronchoscopies were bronchial aspiration and 41.7% were BAL. The median duration of bronchoscopy was 9.1 minutes and the mean score for ease of use, image quality and aspiration ...

Bronchoscopy is a procedure that allows your doctor to see inside the airways of your lungs. If a small piece of tissue is taken during the procedure, it’s called a transbronchial biopsy and is ...

Researchers linked a bronchoscopy-associated pseudo-outbreak of Mycobacterium mucogenicum to contaminated ice used for bronchoalveolar lavage in 15 patients. According to the researchers ...

The following is a summary of “CD4/CD8 T-cell ratio in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid as a marker of sarcoidosis severity: a retrospective study,” published in the May 2025 issue of BMC Pulmonary ...

A bronchoscopy is a medical device that lets doctors look into your lungs and airways. The procedure uses a thin tube with a small camera and light at the end. The doctor inserts it through your ...