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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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| Rodrigues,Edna; Levin,Anna S.; Sinto,Sumiko Ikura; Mendes,Caio Figueiredo; Barbosa,Benedito; Graziano,Kazuko Uchikawa. |
| The objective of this study was to verify the efficacy of cotton fabric, made of serge bonding 2 x 1, as microbial barrier, when new and after multiple laundering and steam sterilization procedures. The power of the microbial barrier was correlated with physical characteristics of the fabric, using standard test methods for evaluation of weight, traction, stretching tearing resistance and microbiological characteristics. The microbiological results evidenced that the microbial barrier was effective when the wrapping material was new or went through a maximum of new 65 reprocessing procedures. As for the alterations in the physical characteristics of the reprocessed material, the decrease in weight seemed to be the event responsible for microbial barrier... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Microbiological barrier; Cloth packing; Reprocessing; Reusable medical articles. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822006000200003 |
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