Ventilator-associated pneumonia and atelectasis: Evaluation through bronchoalveolar lavage fluid analysis

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 555-563

  Nakos, G ^a   Tsangaris, H ^a   Liokatis, S ^b   Kitsiouli, E ^b   Lekka, M E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atelectasis; BAL; Lung surfactant; PAF acetylhydrolase; Platelet activating factor (PAF); Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

LUNG SURFACTANT; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATELECTASIS; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GAS EXCHANGE; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG MECHANICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; OXYGENATION; PATHOGENESIS; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0037398457     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-003-1680-8     Document Type: Article

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