COUNTERPOINT: Should BAL Be Routinely Performed in the Diagnostic Evaluation of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis? No

Chest. 2017 Nov;152(5):919-922. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2017.08.1172. Epub 2017 Sep 21.

Authors

Joshua J Mooney¹, Harold R Collard²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA. Electronic address: jjmooney@stanford.edu.
² Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.

PMID: 28943280
DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2017.08.1172

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / cytology*
Diagnostic Tests, Routine / standards*
Humans
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis / diagnosis*

Grants and funding

K24 HL127131/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States