Risk factors for disease-related deterioration following diagnostic bronchoalveolar lavage procedures in diffuse lung disease: a case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although the risk factors for diagnostic bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL)-induced acute exacerbations in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) have been previously reported, no study has assessed these in patients with non-IPF. We aimed to identify the risk factors for BAL-induced disease deterioration (BAL-DD) in all types of diffuse lung disease.

Methods

Patients with diffuse lung disease who underwent BAL at our hospital from April 2012 to November 2017 were retrospectively analyzed. The patient information, laboratory data, radiological findings, and BAL fluid analysis results in patients who developed BAL-DDs were compared with those in patients who did not.

Results

BAL-DDs occurred in 14 (3.3%) of the 429 patients included the study. The BAL-D

SUBMITTER: Usagawa Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7476494 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature