Bronchoalveolar Lavage

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MSH: 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.,NCI: Washing out the bronchi and alveoli by flushing with a fluid.,CSP: washing out of the lungs with saline or mucolytic agents for therapeutic purposes; for diagnostic purposes see DIAGNOSTIC RESPIRATORY LAVAGE.

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