Abstract
PURPOSE: It is well documented that passive smoke exposure exacerbates asthma in children. The purpose of the study was to determine a correlation between passive smoke exposure (PSE) in children and the presence of lipid laden macrophages (LLM), a marker of inflammation and aspiration, in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid obtained during fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB).
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