METHOD FOR CONDUCTING BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FOR TREATING PATIENTS SUFFERING MASSIVE BRONCHIAL OBSTRUCTION Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC A61B17/24 A61K33/14 A61P11/06 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to medicine, namely pulmonology, intensive care, and can be used for treating patients suffering massive bronchial obstruction. That is ensured by the 3-staged bronchoalveolar lavage. The 1st stage involves dry aspiration of the tracheobronchial secretions from a trachea and two primary bronchi - left and right, with no lavage medium introduced. The 2nd stage involves dry aspiration of the tracheobronchial secretions from lobar and segmental bronchi, with no lavage medium introduced. At the 3rd stage, a limited amount of the lavage medium is introduced by 10-20 ml per one segmental bronchial system. A total amount of the introduced lavage medium makes 50-100 ml.

EFFECT: method enables the safe bronchoalveolar lavage ensured by eliminating resorptive syndrome due to using a minimum amount of the lavage medium.

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