Conditional evaluation of broncho-alveolar lavage in mechanically ventilated patients with suspected unilateral lobar pneumonia

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 5 SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages 643-648

  Prekates, Athanasios ^a   Nanas, Serafim ^a   Nakos, Georgios ^a   Floros, John ^a   Argyropoulou, Athina ^b   Paniara, Olga ^b   Roussos, Charis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; LUNG; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BRONCHOSCOPY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, PNEUMOCOCCAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 0031133525     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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