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An official American Thoracic Society clinical practice guideline: the clinical utility of bronchoalveolar lavage cellular analysis in interstitial lung disease.
Keith C Meyer ,
Ganesh Raghu ,
Robert P Baughman ,
Kevin K Brown ,
Ulrich Costabel ,
Roland M du Bois ,
Marjolein Drent ,
Patricia L Haslam ,
Dong Soon Kim ,
Sonoko Nagai ,
Paola Rottoli ,
Cesare Saltini ,
Moisés Selman ,
Charlie Strange ,
Brent Wood
May 01 2012
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Abstract
The clinical utility of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BAL) cell analysis for the diagnosis and management of patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) has been a subject of debate and controversy. The American Thoracic Society (ATS) sponsored a committee of international experts to examine all relevant literature on BAL in ILD and provide recommendations concerning the use of BAL in the diagnosis and management of patients with suspected ILD.