Cutoff value of lipid-laden alveolar macrophages for diagnosing aspiration in infants and children

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 452-457

  Furuya, María E Y ^a   Moreno Córdova, Verónica ^a   Ramírez Figueroa, Jorge L ^a   Vargas, Mario H ^a   Ramón García, Guillermo ^a   Ramírez San Juan, David H ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Bronchoaspiration; Lipoid pneumonia; Lipophages

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG ASPIRATION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LIPIDS; MACROPHAGES, ALVEOLAR; MALE; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; PNEUMONIA, LIPID; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34247882690     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.20593     Document Type: Article

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