Successful unilateral partial lung lavage in a child with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis

Abstract Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a rare disorder in which lipoproteinaceous material acumulates within the alveoli. A 4-year-old child with autoimmune PAP, who was successfully treated with a series of unilateral partial bronchoalveolar lavages by selectively ventilating the other lu...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of clinical anesthesia 2009-03, Vol.21 (2), p.127-130
Hauptverfasser:	Doğru, Deniz, MD, Yalçın, Ebru, MD, Aslan, Ayşe Tana, MD, Öcal, Turgay, MD, Özçelik, Uğur, MD, Güçer, Şafak, MD, Kale, Gülsev, MD, Haliloglu, Mithat, MD, Kiper, Nural, MD
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anesthesia Anesthesia & Perioperative Care Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Biological and medical sciences Bronchoalveolar lavage Bronchoalveolar Lavage - methods Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Bronchoscopy Child, Preschool Children Children & youth Humans Intubation, Intratracheal Lung - diagnostic imaging Lungs Male Medical sciences Mortality Mutation Pain Medicine Proteins Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis - diagnostic imaging Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis - pathology Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis - therapy Pulmonary Alveoli - pathology Respiration, Artificial Rodents Surfactants Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Zusammenfassung:	Abstract Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP) is a rare disorder in which lipoproteinaceous material acumulates within the alveoli. A 4-year-old child with autoimmune PAP, who was successfully treated with a series of unilateral partial bronchoalveolar lavages by selectively ventilating the other lung with a cuffed endotracheal tube, is presented.
ISSN:	0952-8180 1873-4529
DOI:	10.1016/j.jclinane.2008.06.035