Removal of lung lavage fluid during whole-lung lavage using biphasic cuirass ventilation chest percussion in a patient with autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis

Removal of lung lavage fluid during whole-lung lavage using biphasic cuirass ventilation chest percussion in a patient with autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis

Autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a rare lung disease. Although recombinant human granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) therapy has emerged as a new therapeutic modality, whole-lung lavage (WLL) with manual chest percussion has been a standard therapy in advanced...

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Main Authors: Kei Nakamura, Satoko Omura, Koichiro Kajiura, Masanobu Ishigaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:Lung India
Subjects:
biphasic cuirass ventilation
chest percussion
pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
whole-lung lavage
Online Access:http://www.lungindia.com/article.asp?issn=0970-2113;year=2019;volume=36;issue=6;spage=540;epage=542;aulast=Nakamura

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