Utility of fiberoptic bronchoscopy in neutropenic patients admitted to the intensive care unit with pulmonary infiltrates

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2224-2230

  Gruson, Didier ^a   Hilbert, Gilles ^a   Valentino, Ruddy ^a   Vargas, Frederic ^a   Chene, Genevieve ^a   Gbikpi Benissan, Georges ^a   Cardinaud, Jean Pierre ^a   Bebear, Cecile ^a   Allery, Annie ^a   Pigneux, Arnaud ^a  

^a Hospital and University Centre   (France)

Author keywords

Acute lung injury; Bone marrow transplantation; Bronchoalveolar lavage; Chemotherapy; Fever; Hematologic malignancy; Intensive care unit; Neutropenia; Pneumonia; Pulmonary infiltrates

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS PNEUMONIA; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0033861040     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200007000-00007     Document Type: Article

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