Clinical course and complications following diagnostic bronchoalveolar lavage in critically ill mechanically ventilated patients

BACKGROUND: Flexible, fibreoptic bronchoscopy (FFB) and bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) have been used for diagnostic purposes in critically ill ventilated patients. The additional diagnostic value compared to tracheal aspirations in ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) has been questioned. Neverthele...

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Autores principales: Schnabel, R M, van der Velden, K, Osinski, A, Rohde, G, Roekaerts, P M H J, Bergmans, D C J J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4588466/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26420333
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12890-015-0104-1

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