The success rate and safety of induced sputum is better than you think: give it a try!

[en] This letter aims to summarise 20 years of experience of the induced sputum technique and the causes of failure. For 5419 sputum inductions, the procedure was well tolerated, and the success rate was close to 80% after processing. https://bit.ly/4haU6Yx.

Disciplines :

Cardiovascular & respiratory systems

Author, co-author :

Moermans, Catherine ^✱; Université de Liège - ULiège > GIGA > GIGA Immunobiology - Pneumology ; These authors contributed equally

Schleich, Florence ^✱; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des Sciences de l'activité physique et de la réadaptation > Physiologie humaine et physiologie de l'effort physique ; These authors contributed equally

Gerday, Sara ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Pneumologie - Allergologie

Bricmont, Noémie ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > > Service de pédiatrie

Bonhiver, Romane ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Pédiatrie cardiologique et pneumologique

Graff, Sophie ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Fundamental and Applied Research for Animals and Health (FARAH) > FARAH: Médecine vétérinaire comparée

ZIANT, Stéphanie ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > > Service de pneumologie - allergologie

REGNIER, France ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > > Service de pneumologie - allergologie

Onssels, Adrien ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Pneumologie - Allergologie

Njock, Makon-Sébastien ; Université de Liège - ULiège > GIGA > GIGA Immunobiology - Pneumology

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^✱ These authors have contributed equally to this work.

Language :

English

Title :

The success rate and safety of induced sputum is better than you think: give it a try!

Publication date :

May 2025

Journal title :

ERJ Open Research

eISSN :

2312-0541

Publisher :

European Respiratory Society, England

Volume :

Issue :

Pages :

00871-2024

Peer reviewed :

Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi

Additional URL :

https://syndication.highwire.org/content/doi/10.1183/23120541.00871-2024

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