scholarly journals Study on polymorphonucleocytal elastase-.ALPHA.1-protease inhibitor complex in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid(BALF).

1988 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akira YOSHIDA ◽  
Kaoru KURAMITSU ◽  
Hiroaki AOKI ◽  
Makoto NAGATA ◽  
Hidenori KIKUCHI
Keyword(s):  
Protease Inhibitor ◽  
Bronchoalveolar Lavage ◽  
Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid ◽  
Lavage Fluid ◽  
Inhibitor Complex

scholarly journals Prostanoids in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid do not predict outcome in congenital diaphragmatic hernia patients

1997 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 217-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Ijsselstijn ◽  
F. J. Zijlstra ◽  
J. C. De Jongste ◽  
D. Tibboel
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Outcome ◽  
Bronchoalveolar Lavage ◽  
Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia ◽  
Diaphragmatic Hernia ◽  
Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid ◽  
Lavage Fluid ◽  
Total Cell ◽  
Large Variability ◽  
Inhibitor Complex ◽  
Prostaglandin F

Vasoactive prostanoids may be involved in persistent pulmonary hypertension (PPH) in infants with a congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). We hypothesized that increased levels of prostanoids in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid would predict clinical outcome. We measured the concentrations of 6-keto-prostaglandin F1α(6-keto-PGF1α), thromboxane B2(TxB2), protein, albumin, total cell count, and elastase-α1-proteinase-inhibitor complex in BAL fluid of 18 CDH patients and of 13 control subjects without PPH. We found different concentrations of prostanoids in BAL fluid of CDH patients with PPH: infants with a poor prognosis had either high levels of both 6-keto-PGF1αand TxB2compared to controls, or high levels of 6-keto-PGF1αonly. TxB2levels showed a large variability in all CDH patients irrespective of outcome. We conclude that prostanoid levels in BAL fluid do not predict clinical outcome in CDH patients.

Identification of neutrophil chemotactic factors in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of asthmatic patients

1997 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 396-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. M. TERAN ◽  
M. G. CAMPOS ◽  
B. T. BEGISHVILLI ◽  
J.-M. SCHRODER ◽  
R. DJUKANOVIC ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bronchoalveolar Lavage ◽  
Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid ◽  
Lavage Fluid ◽  
Asthmatic Patients ◽  
Chemotactic Factors
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