Research ArticleOriginal Research
Comparison of Semi-Quantitative Endotracheal Aspirates to Quantitative Non-Bronchoscopic Bronchoalveolar Lavage in Diagnosing Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
Shigeki Fujitani, Mark H Cohen-Melamed, Raymond P Tuttle, Edgar Delgado, Yasuhiko Taira and Joseph M Darby
Respiratory Care November 2009, 54 (11) 1453-1461;
Shigeki Fujitani
Department of Critical Care,University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and with the Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, St Marianna University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
MDMark H Cohen-Melamed
Department of Respiratory Care, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian University Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
RRTRaymond P Tuttle
Department of Respiratory Care, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian University Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
RRTEdgar Delgado
Department of Respiratory Care, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian University Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
RRTYasuhiko Taira
Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, St Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa, Japan.
MDJoseph M Darby
Department of Critical Care, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
MDIn this issue
Respiratory Care
Vol. 54, Issue 11
1 Nov 2009
Comparison of Semi-Quantitative Endotracheal Aspirates to Quantitative Non-Bronchoscopic Bronchoalveolar Lavage in Diagnosing Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
Shigeki Fujitani, Mark H Cohen-Melamed, Raymond P Tuttle, Edgar Delgado, Yasuhiko Taira, Joseph M Darby
Respiratory Care Nov 2009, 54 (11) 1453-1461;
Comparison of Semi-Quantitative Endotracheal Aspirates to Quantitative Non-Bronchoscopic Bronchoalveolar Lavage in Diagnosing Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
Shigeki Fujitani, Mark H Cohen-Melamed, Raymond P Tuttle, Edgar Delgado, Yasuhiko Taira, Joseph M Darby
Respiratory Care Nov 2009, 54 (11) 1453-1461;