Indications of BAL, lung biopsy, or both in mechanically ventilated patients with unexplained infiltrations

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 383-384

  Papazian, Laurent ^a   Gainnier, M ^a  

^a Hopitaux Sud AP HM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PROCOLLAGEN TYPE 3 AMINOPROPEPTIDE;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; GRAM STAINING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MORTALITY; OXYGENATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; THORAX SURGERY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; VENTILATOR; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0037342493     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.03.00097702     Document Type: Editorial

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