Bronchoalveolar Lavage in Patients with COVID-19 with Invasive Mechanical Ventilation for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Audrey Baron^{1

2}, Mouna Hachem^{1

2}, Jeanne Tran Van Nhieu^{1

2}, Françoise Botterel^{1

2}, Slim Fourati^{1

2}, Guillaume Carteaux^{1

2}, Nicolas De Prost^{1

2}, Bernard Maitre^{1

3}, Armand Mekontso-Dessap^{1

2}, Frédéric Schlemmer^{1

2}

Affiliations

Audrey Baron et al. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2021 Apr.

. 2021 Apr;18(4):723-726.

doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202007-868RL.

No abstract available

Comment in

Risk of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission during bronchoscopy in the intensive care unit.
Saha BK, Chenna P. Saha BK, et al. Respirology. 2021 Oct;26(10):910-913. doi: 10.1111/resp.14131. Epub 2021 Aug 13. Respirology. 2021. PMID: 34387393 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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