OBJECTIVE To evaluate the prognostic value of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) cellular profiles in patients with systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD). METHODS BAL cellularity was examined in relation to mortality (n = 141), serial pulmonary function findings (n = 134), and "progression-free survival" (n = 134), by proportional hazards analysis. Baseline severity was ...

Although BAL had been used for therapeutic purposes prior to its use as a diagnostic procedure and the value of BAL in the exploration and management of some interstitial lung diseases is now well established, its place in therapy is controversially reported. As early as 1963, RAMIREz et al. [280] were the frrst to perform a whole lung lavage (WLL) using a large volume of fluid in patients with...

Biphenotypic acute leukaemia (BAL) is an uncommon disease. As strict diagnostic criteria have only recently been established, the precise incidence among acute leukaemias is uncertain, although it is likely to account for approximately 5% of all acute leukaemias. BAL can be de novo or secondary to previous cytotoxic therapy. It has been included in the WHO classification of haemopoietic maligna...

In the analysis of broad absorption line (BAL) quasar spectra , Keck HIRES spectra are a useful complement to lower resolution HST and ground based spectra. The HIRES spectra provide accurate parameters for narrow, intervening type absorption systems including Lyman limit systems and a direct measurement of the smoothness of BAL features. The smoothness of the troughs is related to the number o...

Bal?k unu av sezonunda fazla avlanan veya ekonomik de?eri olmayan bal?klar ile bal?k art?klar?ndan üretilmektedir. Karadeniz’den 2007-2008 bal?kç?l?k hamsi bal?klar?ndan (Engraulis engrasicholus, L) üretilen ara?t?r?lm??t?r. Sinop ilinde farkl? üretim teknikleri uygulayan 3 fabrikas?nda (A, B ve C fabrikalar?) 8 saat arayla hammaddeden numuneler al?nd?. TVB- N TBA analizleri yap?larak T1, T2, T...

This study assessed the effect of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) on nonspecific bronchial responsiveness in 31 patients. Of these, 20 had airflow obstruction; 11 control subjects had normal pulmonary function. Bronchial responsiveness to methacholine, expressed as the dose of inhaled methacholine required to provoke a 20 percent fall in forced expiratory volume in one second (PD20 FEV1), was meas...

Yogurt merupakan produk susu fermentasi dengan menggunakan starter bakteri asam laktat (BAL). Madu sumber energi untuk pertumbuhan laktat. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui pengaruh penambahan madu dan konsentrasi terbaik terhadap total BAL. dilakukan pada bulan Juli – Desember 2020. Perhitungan BAL metode hitung cawan. Rancangan yang digunakan adalah Acak Lengkap (RAL) terdiri dari 5 perlaku...

OBJECTIVES Invasive aspergillosis (IA) is a life-threatening infection in severely immunocompromised patients, especially those receiving intensive chemotherapy or undergoing haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. As the clinical diagnosis of IA is mostly based on biomarkers (galactomannan, β-d-glucan, PCR assays) indicating Aspergillus as the underlying pathogen, the effect of antifungal tr...

Alveolar macrophages from Pneumocystis carinii-infected rats are defective in phagocytosis. To investigate whether this defect is due to a certain factor present in P. carinii-infected lungs, alveolar macrophages from uninfected rats were incubated with bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid samples from P. carinii-infected rats. Alveolar macrophages treated with these BAL fluid samples became defe...