Whole lung lavage therapy for pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: a global survey of current practices and procedures.
Ilaria CampoMaurizio LuisettiMatthias GrieseBruce C TrapnellFrancesco BonellaJan GruttersKoh NakataColine H M Van MoorselUlrich CostabelVincent CottinToshio IchiwataYoshikazu InoueAntonio BraschiGiacomo BonizzoniGiorgio A IottiCarmine TinelliGiuseppe Rodinull nullPublished in: Orphanet journal of rare diseases (2016)
This international survey found that WLL is safe and effective as therapy for PAP. However these results also indicate that standardization of the procedure is required; the present survey represents the a first step toward building such a document.