Depending on
which lung lobe is selected, the doctor will then «wash» the lungs with sterile saline and then suction the wash fluid back to obtain cells for cytology and a sample for culture.
Not exact matches
A CT Scan of his chest later revealed that the 1 year old had a congenital defect called lobar emphysema — a rare disorder in
which air becomes trapped inside one of the
lung lobes.
Our client had a second chest CT on June 22, 2011,
which showed bilateral lower
lobe consolidation or atelectasis associated with small right greater than left pleural effusions as well as subsegmental atelectasis or consolidation in the posterior dependent portion of the right upper
lobe of his
lung.
The NPRM's proposed approach did not differentiate between situations in
which the donor was competent to consent to the donation — for example, when an individual is donating blood, sperm, a kidney, or a liver or
lung lobe — and situations in
which the donor was deceased, for example, when cadaveric organs and tissues were being donated.