Bronchoalveolar lavage via a modified stomach tube in intubated patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and diffuse pneumonia.
A simple non-bronchoscopic bronchoalveolar lavage method was used in 30 patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome undergoing assisted ventilation for respiratory failure. A modified Argyle Levin stomach tube was passed via the endotracheal tube and lavage performed. The lavage was well tolerated and performed quickly and easily, required little training, and had a high degree of sensitivity (73%--a diagnosis in 22 of the 30 cases).
Minutoli
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Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY 10019.
Eden
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Brachfeld
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation / Q000295:instrumentation