Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
lung lavage
Subclass of:
Therapeutic Irrigation
Definitions related to 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.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Washing out the bronchi and alveoli by flushing with a fluid.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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