Non-bronchoscopic bronchoalveolar lavage in the microbiological diagnosis of pneumonia in mechanically ventilated patients

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 11-20

  Arora, S C ^a   Mudaliar, Y M ^a   Lee, C ^a   Mitchell, D ^a   Iredell, J ^a   Lazarus, R ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; Community acquired; Hospital acquired; Infection: Pneumonia; Tracheal aspirate; Ventilator associated

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BLEEDING; BRONCHOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036178462     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0203000102     Document Type: Article

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