Quantitative culture of endotracheal aspirate and BAL fluid samples in the management of patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia: a randomized clinical trial

OBJECTIVE: To compare 28-day mortality rates and clinical outcomes in ICU patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia according to the diagnostic strategy used. METHODS: This was a prospective randomized clinical trial. Of the 73 patients included in the study, 36 and 37 were randomized to undergo...

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Autores principales: Corrêa, Ricardo de Amorim, Luna, Carlos Michel, dos Anjos, José Carlos Fernandez Versiani, Barbosa, Eurípedes Alvarenga, de Rezende, Cláudia Juliana, Rezende, Adriano Pereira, Pereira, Fernando Henrique, Rocha, Manoel Otávio da Costa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4301249/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25610505
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1806-37132014000600008

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