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Carvalho,Eliane Maria de; Massarollo,Paulo Celso Bosco; Levin,Anna S.; Isern,Maria Rita Montenegro; Pereira,Wilson Leite; Abdala,Edson; Rossi,Flavia; Mies,Sérgio. |
Nosocomial pneumonia is a common complication in patients on mechanical ventilation and results in significant mortality. Diagnosis of pneumonia in patients who are intubated and under mechanical ventilation is difficult, even with the aid of clinical, laboratorial, and endoscopic tests. The objective of this study was to compare three methods of tracheal sputum collection in patients with a clinical and radiological diagnosis of pneumonia. Twenty-two patients with a clinical diagnosis of liver disease were enrolled, 18 years of age or older, 13 males and nine females, who had been mechanically ventilated over an intubation period of 5.86 ± 4.62 days. These patients were being treated in intensive care unit (ICU) of the Liver Transplantdepartment.... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Pneumonia; Microorganisms; Bronchoalveolar lavage; Tracheal aspiration; Closed aspiration system. |
Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702008000100015 |
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