Biomaterial Database

Repeat bronchoalveolar lavage in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: proceed with caution? 2021

Mark G Jones, and Martin Kolb

Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK mark.jones@soton.ac.uk.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D054990	Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis	A common interstitial lung disease of unknown etiology, usually occurring between 50-70 years of age. Clinically, it is characterized by an insidious onset of breathlessness with exertion and a nonproductive cough, leading to progressive DYSPNEA. Pathological features show scant interstitial inflammation, patchy collagen fibrosis, prominent fibroblast proliferation foci, and microscopic honeycomb change.	Cryptogenic Fibrosing Alveolitis,Familial Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis,Fibrocystic Pulmonary Dysplasia,Fibrosing Alveolitis, Cryptogenic,Idiopathic Fibrosing Alveolitis, Chronic Form,Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Familial,Interstitial Pneumonitis, Usual,Pulmonary Fibrosis, Idiopathic,Usual Interstitial Pneumonia,Cryptogenic Fibrosing Alveolitides,Dysplasia, Fibrocystic Pulmonary,Fibrocystic Pulmonary Dysplasias,Fibrosing Alveolitides, Cryptogenic,Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibroses,Interstitial Pneumonia, Usual,Pneumonitides, Usual Interstitial,Pneumonitis, Usual Interstitial,Pulmonary Dysplasia, Fibrocystic,Pulmonary Fibroses, Idiopathic,Usual Interstitial Pneumonias,Usual Interstitial Pneumonitides,Usual Interstitial Pneumonitis
D018893	Bronchoalveolar Lavage	Washing out of the lungs with saline or mucolytic agents for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. It is very useful in the diagnosis of diffuse pulmonary infiltrates in immunosuppressed patients.	Bronchial Lavage,Lung Lavage,Bronchioalveolar Lavage,Bronchopulmonary Lavage,Lavage, Bronchopulmonary,Bronchial Lavages,Bronchioalveolar Lavages,Bronchoalveolar Lavages,Bronchopulmonary Lavages,Lavage, Bronchial,Lavage, Bronchioalveolar,Lavage, Bronchoalveolar,Lavage, Lung,Lavages, Bronchial,Lavages, Bronchioalveolar,Lavages, Bronchoalveolar,Lavages, Bronchopulmonary,Lavages, Lung,Lung Lavages