Fiberoptic bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is thought to be the procedure of choice to evaluate pulmonary infiltrates in hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) recipients. We ...

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To define the impact of BAL data on the selection of antibiotics and the outcomes of patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). DESIGN: Prospective observation and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers linked a bronchoscopy-associated pseudo-outbreak of Mycobacterium mucogenicum to contaminated ice ...

Objectives: Bronchoalveolar lavage obtained at bronchoscopy is useful for research on pulmonary defence mechanisms. Bronchoscopy involves some discomfort and risk to subjects. We audited the process ...

Bronchoscopy has been performed in infants, children, and adolescents by pediatric surgeons and specialists for > 50 years. Until the 1980s, the approach was almost exclusively via the rigid ...