1st Edition
Bronchoalveolar Lavage in Basic Research and Clinical Medicine
PART 1: PERFORMING AND ANALYZING BAL (focus on technical aspects), Bronchoalveolar Lavage: A short introduction, historical aspects, frequent cytological observations, and basic laboratory protocols, Oliver Schildgen, Tobias Stahlhut, Annegret Schlimbach, Michael Brockmann and Verena Schildgen, Technical Aspects of Performing Bronchoalveolar Lavage, Miriana d’Alessandro, Laura Bergantini and Elena Bargagli, BAL as a Research Tool, Miriana d’Alessandro and Elena Bargagli, BAL as a Diagnostic Tool, Samantha King, Emily Decurti, Terri Lebo, Jena Tisdale, Jane Baer, YongBao Wang, Mona Rizeq, Amy Frey, Bryan Borg and Edward D. Chan, PART 2: USING BAL AS A DIAGNOSTIC AND/OR RESEARCH TOOL (focus on disease related aspects), Respiratory Infections, Verena Schildgen, Vanessa Vedder, Michael Brockmann and Oliver Schildgen, Bronchoalveolar lavage findings in interstitial lung disease, LB Jehn, F Bonella, M Kreuter, J Guzman and U Costabel, BAL and Asthma, Paolo Cameli, Stefano Cattelan and Marco Guerrieri, Bronchoalveolar Lavage in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Parminder Singh Bhomra, Daniella Spittle and Alice M Turner, Cystic Fibrosis and Non-CF Bronchiectasis, Florian Stehling, BAL in Malignancy, Joanna Domagała-Kulawik
Lung Transplantation and donor lung repair, Nicolaus Schwerk, PEDIATRIC BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE, Richard Wong, Danielle Munce, Dehua Wang, Kelan Tantisira and Aparna Rao, PART 3: THERAPEUTIC USES OF BAL, Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis, Stéphane Jouneau, Pierre Chauvin, Mallorie Kerjouan, Cédric Ménard, Mathieu Lederlin, Bertrand De Latour
Biography
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Schildgen, Head of Molecular Pathology Division, Institute of Pathology, University Hospital of the Private University Witten/ Herdecke, Hospital of the City of Cologne
Priv.-Doz. Dr. rer. nat. Verena Schildgen, Private Lecturer for Molecular Pathology, Institute of Pathology, University Hospital of the Private University Witten/ Herdecke, Hospital of the City of Cologne
Prof. Dr. med. Michael Brockmann, Director and Chief Pathologist, Institute of Pathology, University Hospital of the Private University Witten/ Herdecke, Hospital of the City of Cologne
