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Factors limiting the utility of bronchoalveolar lavage in the diagnosis of COVID-19

Given the strong agreement between negative upper respiratory tract swabs and BAL, it should be emphasised that BAL has a limited role in excluding COVID-19 if swabs and chest CT are concordantly negative https://bit.ly/3m8rjHL

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Autores principales: Salton, Francesco, Geri, Pietro, Confalonieri, Marco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Respiratory Society 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7507584/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32943403
http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/13993003.03383-2020
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spelling pubmed-75075842020-09-25 Factors limiting the utility of bronchoalveolar lavage in the diagnosis of COVID-19 Salton, Francesco Geri, Pietro Confalonieri, Marco Eur Respir J Agora Given the strong agreement between negative upper respiratory tract swabs and BAL, it should be emphasised that BAL has a limited role in excluding COVID-19 if swabs and chest CT are concordantly negative https://bit.ly/3m8rjHL European Respiratory Society 2020-11-05 /pmc/articles/PMC7507584/ /pubmed/32943403 http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/13993003.03383-2020 Text en Copyright ©ERS 2020 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This version is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Licence 4.0.
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Confalonieri, Marco
Factors limiting the utility of bronchoalveolar lavage in the diagnosis of COVID-19
title Factors limiting the utility of bronchoalveolar lavage in the diagnosis of COVID-19
title_full Factors limiting the utility of bronchoalveolar lavage in the diagnosis of COVID-19
title_fullStr Factors limiting the utility of bronchoalveolar lavage in the diagnosis of COVID-19
title_full_unstemmed Factors limiting the utility of bronchoalveolar lavage in the diagnosis of COVID-19
title_short Factors limiting the utility of bronchoalveolar lavage in the diagnosis of COVID-19
title_sort factors limiting the utility of bronchoalveolar lavage in the diagnosis of covid-19
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7507584/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32943403
http://dx.doi.org/10.1183/13993003.03383-2020
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