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Rethinking the “Pan-Culture”: Clinical Impact of Respiratory Culturing in Patients With Low Pretest Probability of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

BACKGROUND: Respiratory cultures are often obtained as part of a “pan-culture” in mechanically ventilated patients in response to new fevers or leukocytosis, despite an absence of clinical or radiographic evidence suggestive of pneumonia. METHODS: This was a propensity score–stratified cohort study...

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Autores principales: Albin, Owen R, Saravolatz, Louis, Petrie, Joshua, Henig, Oryan, Kaye, Keith S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9239552/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35774933
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac183