Open AccessUtility of Bronchoalveolar Lavage and Transbronchial Biopsy in Patients with Interstitial Lung Disease
Author(s) -
Traci N. Adams,
Kiran Batra,
Leann Silhan,
Vikram Anand,
Elena K. Joerns,
Samantha A. Moore,
Yasmeen M. Butt,
José Torrealba,
Chad A. Newton,
Craig S. Glazer
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
lung
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1432-1750
pISSN - 0341-2040
DOI - 10.1007/s00408-020-00389-4
Subject(s) - medicine , bronchoscopy , bronchoalveolar lavage , radiology , biopsy , interstitial lung disease , retrospective cohort study , lung biopsy , stage (stratigraphy) , lung , paleontology , biology
Bronchoalveolar lavage and transbronchial biopsy can be a useful tool in the evaluation of interstitial lung disease (ILD), but patient selection for this procedure remains poorly defined. Determining clinical characteristics that help with patient selection for bronchoscopy may improve confidence of ILD classification while limiting potential adverse outcomes associated with surgical lung biopsy. The purpose of this study is to identify factors that were associated with change in multidisciplinary ILD diagnosis (MDD) before and after incorporation of BAL and TBBx data.