Safety of Bilateral Whole Lung Lavage for Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis: Experiences in a Multicenter Cohort

Max T Wayne¹, Muhammad S Ali¹, Lance Roller², Steven E Gay¹, Fabien Maldonado^{2

3}, Jose De Cardenas^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Department of Internal Medicine.
² Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine.
³ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
⁴ Section of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

Multicenter Study

Max T Wayne et al. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2023.

. 2023 Apr 1;30(2):188-191.

doi: 10.1097/LBR.0000000000000897.

Max T Wayne¹, Muhammad S Ali¹, Lance Roller², Steven E Gay¹, Fabien Maldonado^{2

3}, Jose De Cardenas^{1

4}

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Department of Internal Medicine.
² Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine.
³ Department of Thoracic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
⁴ Section of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure: There is no conflict of interest or other disclosures.

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