Distinguishing chemical pneumonitis from bacterial aspiration: Still a clinical determination

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1543-1544

  Niederman, Michael S ^a,b  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anaerobic bacteria; aspiration; bacteriology; chemical pneumonitis; pneumonia; procalcitonin

Indexed keywords

PROCALCITONIN;

ACID ASPIRATION; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHEMICAL PNEUMONITIS; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; MUCUS SECRETION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 79957635362     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31820f6d91     Document Type: Editorial

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