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Table 2 Diagnostic and treatment methods of the patients diagnosed with PAP between 1993 and 2014 in Korea (n = 78)

From: Clinical significance of cigarette smoking and dust exposure in pulmonary alveolar proteinosis: a Korean national survey

Variablesa

N = 78

Diagnostic method

 Surgical biopsy

35 (44.9)

 TBB with BAL

65 (83.3)

Treatment modality

 No

39 (50.0)

 Whole lung lavage

35 (44.9)

 Segmental lavage

3 (3.8)

 GM-CSFb

4 (5.1)

Survivor

75 (96.2)

  1. TBB transbronchial biopsy, BAL bronchoalveolar lavage, GM-CSF granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor
  2. aDichotomous or discontinuous variables are presented as numbers (%)
  3. bAmong the patients who were treated with GM-CSF, 3 patients were also treated by whole lung lavage
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BMC Pulmonary Medicine

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