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Diagnostic accuracy of pulmonary host inflammatory mediators in the exclusion of ventilator-acquired pneumonia

BACKGROUND: Excessive use of empirical antibiotics is common in critically ill patients. Rapid biomarker-based exclusion of infection may improve antibiotic stewardship in ventilator-acquired pneumonia (VAP). However, successful validation of the usefulness of potential markers in this setting is ex...

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Autores principales: Hellyer, Thomas P, Conway Morris, Andrew, McAuley, Daniel F, Walsh, Timothy S, Anderson, Niall H, Singh, Suveer, Dark, Paul, Roy, Alistair I, Baudouin, Simon V, Wright, Stephen E, Perkins, Gavin D, Kefala, Kallirroi, Jeffels, Melinda, McMullan, Ronan, O'Kane, Cecilia M, Spencer, Craig, Laha, Shondipon, Robin, Nicole, Gossain, Savita, Gould, Kate, Ruchaud-Sparagano, Marie-Hélène, Scott, Jonathan, Browne, Emma M, MacFarlane, James G, Wiscombe, Sarah, Widdrington, John D, Dimmick, Ian, Laurenson, Ian F, Nauwelaers, Frans, Simpson, A John
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4992819/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25298325
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2014-205766