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Comparison of bronchoscopic and non-bronchoscopic techniques for diagnosis of ventilator associated pneumonia

BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) remains a challenge because the clinical signs and symptoms lack both sensitivity and specificity and the selection of microbiologic diagnostic procedure is still a matter of debate. AIMS AND OBJECTIVE: To study the role of various b...

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Autores principales: Khilnani, G. C., Arafath, T. K. Luqman, Hadda, Vijay, Kapil, Arti, Sood, Seema, Sharma, S. K.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3097537/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21633541
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.78218