Amylase in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid: A new marker for pulmonary aspiration

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 916-917

  Bai, Chunxue ^a   Liu, Jie ^a   Song, Yuanlin ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amylase; Aspiration; Bacterial pneumonia; Bronchoalveolar lavage; Mechanical ventilation

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; PROCALCITONIN; TRIGGERING RECEPTOR EXPRESSED ON MYELOID CELLS 1;

EDITORIAL; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; RISK FACTOR; VENTILATED PATIENT;

ALPHA-AMYLASES; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RESPIRATORY ASPIRATION;

EID: 84874821519     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182771010     Document Type: Editorial

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