She performs advanced diagnostics including abdominal ultrasound, ultrasound - guided biopsies, endoscopy,
tracheal lavage, bone marrow biopsies and arthrocentesis.
Not exact matches
A definitive diagnosis of asthma can be made by a
tracheal wash or a bronchoalveolar
lavage.
Techniques such as bronchoalveolar
lavage allow the wash fluid to come into contact with the lung surface and result in retrieval of a higher percentage of alveolar macrophages compared to
tracheal washing.
Other times we perform a
tracheal wash or a bronchoalveolar
lavage to get samples of the cells inside the lungs and also to see if there is a concurrent bacterial infection.