Ratjen F
Children's Hospital, University of Essen, Germany.
Monaldi Arch Chest Dis. 2000 Jun;55(3):247-50.
Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is a well-established diagnostic tool for the assessment of pulmonary diseases in adults. How BAL contributes to the diagnostic process in childhood lung diseases is less clear. One of the problems in interpreting BAL findings in children is that there are few reference data for BAL fluid constituents in children. This report addresses some of the technical problems of bronchoalveolar lavage in children and summarizes current knowledge on cellular and noncellular bronchoalveolar lavage fluid components in children without lung disease.
支气管肺泡灌洗（BAL）是评估成人肺部疾病的一种成熟的诊断工具。BAL在儿童肺部疾病诊断过程中的作用尚不清楚。解读儿童BAL结果的问题之一是儿童BAL液成分的参考数据很少。本报告阐述了儿童支气管肺泡灌洗的一些技术问题，并总结了目前关于无肺部疾病儿童的细胞和非细胞支气管肺泡灌洗液成分的知识。
