Performing bronchoalveolar lavage as per the American Thoracic Society guidelines 2012: an analysis of 100 consecutive cases

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Sushil Agarwal et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2013.

. 2013 Jul 1;188(1):112-3.

doi: 10.1164/rccm.201210-1952LE.

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Reply: performing bronchoalveolar lavage as per the ATS guidelines 2012.
Meyer KC, Raghu G. Meyer KC, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2013 Jul 1;188(1):113-4. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201301-0163LE. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2013. PMID: 23815727 No abstract available.

An official American Thoracic Society clinical practice guideline: the clinical utility of bronchoalveolar lavage cellular analysis in interstitial lung disease.
Meyer KC, Raghu G, Baughman RP, Brown KK, Costabel U, du Bois RM, Drent M, Haslam PL, Kim DS, Nagai S, Rottoli P, Saltini C, Selman M, Strange C, Wood B; American Thoracic Society Committee on BAL in Interstitial Lung Disease. Meyer KC, et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2012 May 1;185(9):1004-14. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201202-0320ST. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2012. PMID: 22550210