[Bronchoalveolar lavage in the diagnosis of occupational pulmonary diseases in miners].

Autor: Filipchenko LL, Slinchenko MIe, Sydorenko OM
Jazyk: ukrajinština
Zdroj: Likars'ka sprava [Lik Sprava] 2003 Jul-Aug (5-6), pp. 114-6.
Abstrakt: One of objective methods of early and differential diagnosis of occupational pulmonary diseases in miners (pneumoconiosis, silicotuberculosis, dust bronchitis) is bronchoscopy with a cytologic examination of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BAF). BAF-examination was carried out in a total of 88 patients with incipient and advanced forms of dust bronchitis, pneumoconiosis and silicotuberculosis. A direct relationship has been revealed between a decline in local cell-bound immunity caused by a dust-inducted affection mononuclear phagocytes and advancing of stages of dust-related diseases.
Databáze: MEDLINE