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Bronchoalveolar lavage
British Small Animal Veterinary Association , 107 (2024); https://doi.org/10.22233/9781913859145.2.22
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Bronchoalveolar lavage
- From: BSAVA Guide to Procedures in Small Animal Practice
- Item: Procedures A to Z, pp 107 - 111
- DOI: 10.22233/9781913859145.2.22
- Copyright: © 2024 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
- Publication Date: March 2024
Abstract
Bronchoalveolar lavage is used to investigate coughing and suspected bronchial or alveolar disease, or to obtain a sample for cytology and bacteriology
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Figure B.36:
Equipment for a bronchoalveolar lavage includes (a) a lavage catheter and (b) a sample trap. © 2024 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Figure B.36:
Equipment for a bronchoalveolar lavage includes (a) a lavage catheter and (b) a sample trap.
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Figure B.37:
Anatomy of the lungs. (Reproduced from the BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Endoscopy and Endosurgery) Drawn by S.J. Elmhurst BA Hons (www.livingart.org.uk) and reproduced with her permission © 2024 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Figure B.37:
Anatomy of the lungs. (Reproduced from the BSAVA Manual of Canine and Feline Endoscopy and Endosurgery) Drawn by S.J. Elmhurst BA Hons (www.livingart.org.uk) and reproduced with her permission
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Figure B.38:
A lavage catheter should be passed through the biopsy channel of an endoscope and enter a distal airway in order to perform a bronchoalveolar lavage. © 2024 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Figure B.38:
A lavage catheter should be passed through the biopsy channel of an endoscope and enter a distal airway in order to perform a bronchoalveolar lavage.
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Figure B.39:
The ‘blind’ bronchoalveolar lavage technique involves inserting a lavage catheter into a distal airway without the use of an endoscope. © 2024 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Figure B.39:
The ‘blind’ bronchoalveolar lavage technique involves inserting a lavage catheter into a distal airway without the use of an endoscope.
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Figure B.40:
Fluid sample recovered following bronchoalveolar lavage. © 2024 British Small Animal Veterinary Association
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Figure B.40:
Fluid sample recovered following bronchoalveolar lavage.