Analysis of predicted factors for bronchoalveolar lavage recovery failure: An observational study.

<h4>Background</h4>The bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) recovery rate should generally be more than 30% for effective diagnosis. However, there have been no reports investigating a target bronchus for BAL, and the cause of BAL recovery failure is uncertain. Therefore, this study detected pre...

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Main Authors: Masafumi Shimoda, Yoshiaki Tanaka, Kozo Morimoto, Taro Abe, Reina Asaga, Kei Nakajima, Ken Okamura, Kozo Yoshimori, Ken Ohta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275377