BACKGROUND Many adults with pulmonary tuberculosis are unable to expectorate. Gastric washing, sputum induction using nebulized hypertonic saline, and bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage have all been used to obtain specimens for diagnosis, but to our knowledge, the timing and volume of induced sputum have not been well studied, and these 3 methods have not been compared. METHODS The stu...

BACKGROUND Although chronic aspiration has been associated with several pulmonary diseases, the inflammatory response has not been characterized. A novel rodent model of chronic aspiration was therefore developed in order to investigate the resulting innate immune response in the lung. METHODS Gastric fluid or normal saline was instilled into the left lung of rats (n = 48) weekly for 4, 8, 12...

Introduction Idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis (IPH) is a rare disorder of unknown etiology characterised by iron deficiency anaemia, recurrent or chronic pulmonary symptoms, such as cough and haemoptysis, and diffuse pulmonary infiltrates.1 The incidence is reported from 0.24 to 1.23 cases per million selected populations.2 It affects paediatric patients in approximately 80% of cases with eq...

Accidental ingestion of eucalyptus oil by a 3-year-old boy caused profound central nervous system depression within 30 minutes, but he recovered rapidly after gastric lavage. The extreme toxicity of eucalyptus oil is emphasised.

PURPOSE In the clinical setting, there is no reliable tool for diagnosing gastric aspiration. A potential way of diagnosing gastric fluid aspiration entails bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) with subsequent examination of the BAL fluid for gastric fluid components that are exogenous to the lungs. The objective of this study was to determine the longevity of the gastric fluid components bile and tryp...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the prognostic value of positive peritoneal lavage in patients with gastric cancer without signs of peritoneal or hematogenous spread. METHODS We evaluated patients with gastric adenocarcinoma treated with curative intent operation. The peritoneal lavage was classified as positive or negative for neoplastic cells. We obtained demographics, performance status, histology a...

Objective: To compare the yield from Gastric lavage (GL) and Broncho alveolar lavage (BAL) samples in adult patients suspected case of Tuberculosis but not producing sputum. Methodology: 80 adults with suspected case of tuberculosis but not producing sputum were recruited. 72 patients were then subjected to one gastric lavage followed by Broncho-alveolar lavage in the same morning. The collecte...

Peritoneal recurrence after a curative resection of colorectal cancer is less common than lymphatic spread or hematogenous metastasis [1]. Moreover, peritoneal carcinomatosis often develops at a later stage of recurrent disease and is regarded as noncurable. Therefore, being able to predict the possibility of peritoneal recurrence at an early time after the original diagnosis and to prevent its...

The prognosis of advanced gastric cancer patients with peritoneal metastasis is extremely poor. We advocate extensive intraoperative peritoneal lavage (EIPL) as a useful and practical adjuvant surgical technique for gastric cancer patients who are likely to suffer from peritoneal recurrence. In this article, we review the ability of EIPL to prevent peritoneal recurrence in patients with periton...