Bronchoalveolar lavage

Bronchial alveolar lavage (BAL) uses fiberoptic bronchoscopy to repeatedly lavage and recover the level of the lung segment or sub-lung segment below the bronchi with sterile saline, and then perform a series of tests and analysis to obtain the properties of lower respiratory tract lesion Features and activity levels help establish a diagnosis.

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