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Is bronchoalveolar lavage with quantitative cultures a useful tool for diagnosing ventilator-associated pneumonia?
The results of a recently published Canadian study suggest that bronchoalveolar lavage and endotracheal aspiration are associated with similar clinical outcomes and similar overall use of antibiotics in critically ill patients with suspected ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). The study, however,...
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BioMed Central
2007
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2206457/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17442098 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc5724 |