When rat (female Wistar) lungs were lavaged (bronchoalveolar lavage, BAL) six times with physiological saline, approximately the same number of alveolar macrophages (AM) were found in the first and second BAL, whereas in the third fourth, fifth, and sixth BAL, the number of AM decreased exponentially. Morphometric counting of the number of AM in histological sections of lung tissue showed that ...

Amaç: Bal, eskiçağlardan günümüze kadar kullanılan organik bir besindir. Balın besin olarak tüketilmesinin yanı sıra hastalıkları iyileştirici özelliği de bilinmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı Mezopotamya ve Mısır uygarlıklarından ulaşan tıp metinlerinde balın hem tek başına karışımlarda yer aldığı reçetelerin araştırılması genel hangi hastalıklarda kullanıldığının ortaya konulmasıdır.Yöntem: çivi...

As for many clinical tools, there is at the present time no clear agreement on the appropriate clinical use of BAL. Undoubtedly, the recent and encouraging clinical experiences with BAL for diagnosis of opportunistic infections in the immunocompromised patient have encouraged a universal acceptance and interest in BAL. Because of the low morbidity of the lavage procedure and the significant yie...

To clarify the pathogenesis of chronic eosinophilic pneumonia (CEP), the apoptosis of eosinophils from bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL-Eos) was compared with that of eosinophils from peripheral blood (PB-Eos) in six cases of CEP. The survival rate of eosinophils and the percentage of apoptotic cells of both types of eosinophils were examined, and the effects of interleukin 5 (IL-5) were evaluated. ...

BACKGROUND Standardised expression of results of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is problematical in the absence of a validated "denominator" of epithelial lining fluid dilution. The suitability of albumin in BAL fluid has been investigated in groups of clinically stable asthmatic and control subjects. METHODS Absolute levels of albumin in BAL fluid were measured in a preliminary study of 21 ast...

BACKGROUND Recent literature supports the notion that bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) in ventilated trauma patients may improve our ability to diagnose and treat ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). We hypothesized that BAL would decrease the number of cases of VAP diagnosed and impact our antibiotic use and ventilator days. METHODS Prospective data on all infectious complications were collect...

OBJECTIVE We conducted a meta-analysis by using summary receiver operating characteristic curves to compare the diagnostic value for bacterial nosocomial pneumonia of the following: a) quantitative culture (colony-forming units per milliliter or CFU/mL) of respiratory secretions collected with a bronchoscopic protected specimen brush (PSB); b) quantitative culture of a bronchoscopic bronchoalve...

BACKGROUND: Accurate diagnosis and appropriate treatment of ventilator associatedpneumonia (VAP) is crucial for good outcomes. Endotracheal suctioning is performed inventilated patients as part of routine care and for tracheal toileting. AIM: We evaluatedif quantitative endotracheal aspirate (ETA) was a suitable alternative to bronchoalveolarlavage (BAL) for suspected VAP. In ad...