Blind and bronchoscopic sampling methods in suspected ventilator-associated pneumonia: A multicentre prospective study

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1319-1326

  Mentec, Hervé ^a   May Michelangeli, Laetitia ^a   Rabbat, Antoine ^b   Varon, Emmanuelle ^b   Le Turdu, Françoise ^a   Bleichner, Gérard ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER VICTOR DUPOUY   (France)

^b HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Diagnostic techniques and procedures; Intensive care; Mechanical ventilation; Nosocomial infections; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CATHETER; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTED TELESCOPING CATHETER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATOR;

EID: 3242696737     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-004-2284-7     Document Type: Article

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