title: Studies of bronchoalveolar lavage in sudden infant death syndrome: a clinical-pathological study.
abstract: The incidence of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in Hungary was 0.3 per 1000 live births in 1992. We investigated bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) of eight infants with SIDS, using bacteriological, light and electron microscopic methods to collect data about the role of respiratory inflammations in SIDS children and to determine the usefulness of the BAL technique. Findings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Bethesda Children's Hospital, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Imrei
mesh_terms: D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000166:cytology* / Q000382:microbiology; D020680:Bronchoscopes; D002452:Cell Count; D004906:Erythrocyte Count; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000473:pathology; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D018655:Lymphocyte Count; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000473:pathology; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000473:pathology; D010587:Phagocytosis; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D012965:Sodium Chloride