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

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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.

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Mark H Cohen-Melamed

Department of Respiratory Care, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian University Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Raymond P Tuttle

Department of Respiratory Care, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian University Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Edgar Delgado

Department of Respiratory Care, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian University Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Yasuhiko Taira

Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, St Marianna University School of Medicine, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa, Japan.

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Joseph M Darby

Department of Critical Care, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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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;

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Comparison of Semi-Quantitative Endotracheal Aspirates to Quantitative Non-Bronchoscopic Bronchoalveolar Lavage in Diagnosing Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia