LP36498-1
BAL
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Description
Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is a medical procedure in which a bronchoscope is passed through the mouth or nose into the lungs and fluid is squirted into a small part of the lung and then recollected for examination. BAL is typically performed to diagnose lung disease. In particular, BAL is commonly used to diagnose infections in people with immune system problems, pneumonia in people on ventilators, some types of lung cancer, and scarring of the lung (interstitial lung disease). A major clinical limitation for the utility of bronchoalveolar lavage is the large range of normal values for each parameter, which makes BALF insensitive in detecting disease. Furthermore, abnormalities in BALF are rarely specific for any of the interstitial lung diseases. There are some subjects who have normal BALF constituents despite a definite disease and some without any evidence of disease despite abnormal BALF findings. Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia , BAL (Wikipedia)
Basic Part Properties
- Part Name
- BAL
- Part Display Name
- Bronchoalveolar lavage
- Part Type
- System (Describes the name of the system (sample) type)
- Created On
- 2006-01-13
- Construct for LOINC Short Name
- BAL
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Language Variants Get Info
| Tag | Language | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| zh-CN | Chinese (China) | 支气管肺泡灌洗液 Synonyms: 支气管肺泡洗液 |
| es-ES | Spanish (Spain) | Lavado broncoalveolar |
| it-IT | Italian (Italy) | BAL Synonyms: Lavaggio Bronco Alveolare |
| et-EE | Estonian (Estonia) | BalF |
| tr-TR | Turkish (Turkey) | BAL Synonyms: Bronkoalveoler lavaj |
| ru-RU | Russian (Russian Federation) | БАЛ Synonyms: Бронхоальвеолярный лаваж |
| fr-BE | French (Belgium) | Lavage broncho-alvéolaire |
| fr-CA | French (Canada) | Lavage broncho-alvéolaire |
| nl-NL | Dutch (Netherlands) | bronchoalveolaire wassing |
| pl-PL | Polish (Poland) | popłuczyny oskrzelowo-pęcherzykowe |
| el-GR | Greek (Greece) | BAL Synonyms: BAL |
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