Safety of bronchoalveolar lavage in young children with cystic fibrosis
Pediatric Pulmonology2008Vol. 43(10), pp. 965–972
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Claire Wainwright, Keith Grimwood, John B. Carlin, Suzanna Vidmar, Peter Cooper, Paul W. Francis, Catherine A. Byrnes, Bruce Whitehead, Andrew Martin, IAN F. ROBERTSON, David M. L. Cooper, Carolyn Dakin, Ian Brent Masters, John Massie, Philip Robinson, Sarath Ranganathan, David Armstrong, Lyndall K. Patterson, Colin Robertson
Abstract
Adverse events are common with BAL in young CF children, but are usually transient and well tolerated. Parents should be counseled that signs of a pre-existing lower respiratory infection are associated with increased risk of post-BAL fever.
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