Reproducibility of blind protected bronchoalveolar lavage in mechanically ventilated children

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1618-1623

  Gauvin, France ^a,b   Lacroix, Jacques ^a,b   Guertin, Marie Claude ^a,b   Proulx, François ^a,b   Farrell, Catherine Ann ^a,b   Moghrabi, Albert ^a,b   Lebel, Pierre ^a,b   Dassa, Clément ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; Critical care; Pediatric intensive care units; Pneumonia; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037097928     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.2104129     Document Type: Article

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