Open AccessBronchoalveolar Lavage in the Evaluation of Pulmonary Disease in the Dog and Cat
Author(s) -
Hawkins Eleanor C.,
DeNicola Dennis B.,
Kuehn Ned F.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of veterinary internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.356
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1939-1676
pISSN - 0891-6640
DOI - 10.1111/j.1939-1676.1990.tb03120.x
Subject(s) - bronchoalveolar lavage , medicine , suction , saline , airway , pathology , lung , pulmonary disease , cytology , respiratory disease , anesthesia , mechanical engineering , engineering
Bronchoalveolar lavage is a diagnostic procedure used to obtain specimens representative of disease processes involving the deep lung. Saline is instilled into an airway in sufficient volumes to bathe the alveoli dependent on that airway. The saline is retrieved by suction along with cellular and acellular material lining the epithelial surfaces of the lung. Cytologic and microbiologic evaluation of the fluid can be used to characterize pulmonary diseases in the dog and cat.