Therapeutic limited bronchoalveolar lavage with fiberoptic bronchoscopy as a bridging procedure prior to total lung lavage in a patient with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Therapeutic total lung lavage under general anesthesia is the current mainstay of treatment for pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, which is a rare lung disease characterized by alveolar accumulation of surfactant. Therapeutic limited bronchoalveolar lavage is considered an alternative tre...

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Autores principales: Rodrigo, Damith, Rathnapala, Amila, Senaratne, Wijitha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4421915/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25925248
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-015-0574-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4421915/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25925248
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-015-0574-z

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