title: Assessment of airways inflammation utilizing bronchoalveolar lavage.
abstract: Pathologic correlations and examination of expectorated sputum have suggested that chronic bronchitis is an inflammatory disorder of the airways. Bronchoscopy and bronchoalveolar lavage provide a means for sampling airway epithelial lining fluid. Application of bronchoscopy and bronchoalveolar lavage to a group of patients with chronic bronchitis confirms the association of airways inflammation and chronic bronchitis.
authors.affiliation: Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical School, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Rennard
mesh_terms: D001991:Bronchitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000032:analysis / Q000166:cytology; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans