Comparison of bronchoscopic diagnostic techniques with histological findings in brain dead organ donors without suspected pneumonia

Thorax

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 929-931

  Solé Violán, Jorge ^a   De Castro, Felipe Rodríguez ^a   Rey, Agustín ^a   Freixinet, Jorge ^a   Aranda, Agustín ^a   Caminero, José ^a   Bolaños, José ^a  

^a Hospital Nuestra Senora del Pino   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain dead organ donors; Bronchoalveolar; Intracellular organisms; Lavage; Protected specimen brush biopsy; Pulmonary biopsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG BIOPSY; MALE; ORGAN DONOR; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 9544238136     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.51.9.929     Document Type: Article

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