Whole Lung Lavage

Abstract

Patients with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis have a restrictive disease and are hypoxic. Lavage of one lung with large quantities of saline requires careful lung isolation. For more than 10 years, bilateral lung lavage has been performed during the same anesthetic period. GM-CSF-associated therapy is now a complementary treatment to WLL for pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, when needed.