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BAL provides a relatively noninvasive means of assessing some occupational exposures, for example, asbestos bodies in the lavage fluid ... proliferative response of bronchoalveolar mononuclear ...
Applicable for VAP only. BAL: Bronchoalveolar lavage (bronchoscopic or nonbronchoscopic); CPIS: Clinical pulmonary infection score; PSB: Protective specimen brush; VAP: Ventilator-associated ...