Ventilator-associated pneumonia in intubated children: Comparison of different diagnostic methods

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 437-443

  Gauvin, France ^a   Dassa, Clément ^b   Chaïbou, Mahamadou ^c   Proulx, François ^a   Farrell, Catherine Ann ^a   Lacroix, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRACHEA; VENTILATOR;

BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRACHEA; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 2142719785     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PCC.0000090290.53959.F4     Document Type: Article

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