title: Anesthesia for lung lavage in pediatric patient with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis (PAP) is a rare disorder first described in 1958. The Whole-Lung Lavage (WLL) proposed in the 1960s, remains the treatment of choice. Several techniques have been described to perform lung lavage in pediatric patients; however, all have limitation and risks.
  
  
  METHODS
  Female patient, aged 6 years and 8 months, 25 kg, diagnosed with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, who underwent whole-lung lavage by sequential lobar fiberoptic bronchoscopy under general anesthesia and spontaneous ventilation.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Felicio Rocho, Brazil. breno83@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Breno Monteiro
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Gonçalves
authors.forename: Vera Coelho
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Teixeira
authors.forename: Paulo Fernando Souto
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Bittencourt
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General; D018893:Bronchoalveolar Lavage / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011649:Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis / Q000628:therapy*