Cytopathology of bronchoalveolar lavages in COVID___19 pneumonia: A pilot study.

Valentina CaniniFrancesca BonoPaolo CalzavaccaGiulia CapitoliGiuseppe FotiFilippo FraggettaStefania GalimbertiAndrea GianattiMarco GianiAhmed NasrGiuseppe PacioccoFabio PagniRoberto RonaVincenzo L'Imperio

Published in: Cancer cytopathology (2021)

The analysis of BAL samples might be implemented as a routine practice for the evaluation of COVID-19 patients in ICUs in the appropriate clinical scenario. Additional studies using a larger sample size of patients who developed COVID-19 during the second wave of the epidemic in the autumn of 2020 are needed to further support our findings.

Keyphrases

sars cov
coronavirus disease
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
primary care
healthcare
clinical practice
intensive care unit
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
respiratory failure