Bronchoalveolar lavage in intensive care units

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease - Pulmonary Series

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-43

  Pesci, Alberto ^a   Majori, M ^b   Caminati, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c Operative Unit of Endocrinology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; Intensive care units; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; DRUG TOXICITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOEFFLER PNEUMONIA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EDEMA; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG LAVAGE; MORTALITY; NONSURGICAL INVASIVE THERAPY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 4444371723     PISSN: 11220643     EISSN: 2465101X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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