The clinical utility of invasive diagnostic techniques in the setting of ventilator-associated pneumonia

Chest

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1076-1084

  Heyland, Daren K ^a,g   Cook, Deborah J ^b   Marshall, John ^c   Heule, Mark ^d   Guslits, Ben ^e   Lang, Jeff ^f   Jaeschke, Roman ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Joseph Brant Memorial Hospital Burlington   (Canada)

^g KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; Bronchoscopy; Cohort study; Diagnosis; Outcomes assessment; Protected brash catheter; Technology evaluation; Ventilator asssociated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPHOTERICIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOTETAN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; KETOCONAZOLE; METRONIDAZOLE; NITROFURANTOIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VENTILATOR;

EID: 0032931970     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.115.4.1076     Document Type: Article

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