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Bronchoalveolar lavage via a modified stomach tube in intubated patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and diffuse pneumonia.
  1. R Minutoli,
  2. E Eden,
  3. C Brachfeld
  1. Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY 10019.

    Abstract

    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).

    https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.45.10.771

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