Predictors for Bronchoalveolar Lavage (BAL) Recovery Rate Derived From Quantified Computed Tomography (qCT)

Universitätsmedizin Mannheim

Status: Completed

Conditions: Malignant Neoplasm; Pneumonia; Interstitial Lung Disease

Treatments: Procedure: bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL)

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03388580

qCT - BAL

Details and patient eligibility

About

Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is an important diagnostic method. The percentage of fluid extracted after instillation (recovery rate) is crucial for following diagnostic tests. The investigators aimed to compare novel quantified airway parameters from pre-interventional lung computed tomography (CT) with recovery rates to find possible predictive markers.

Enrollment: 33 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• retrospective analysis of all patients undergoing BAL and complete documentation

Exclusion criteria

• incomplete documentation

Trial design

33 participants in 1 patient group

BAL

Description:

patients undergoing elective bronchoalveolar lavage

Treatment:

Procedure: bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL)