Comparative study of Bronchoalveolar Lavage and Tracheal Aspirate in the diagnosis and treatment of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais0 个研究点开始时间: 2014年11月25日最近更新: 2023年5月29日

适应症

试验速览

暂无简介。

•The patients under mechanical ventilation for at least 48 h who presented with new or progressive pulmonary infiltrates on X-rays plus at least two criteria among fever > 38°C, purulent tracheal secretions, and leukocytos greater than 10,000 cells/mm3 or leukopenia of 4,000 cells/mm3, were screened for enrollment.These patients were randomized to undergo BAL (BAL group - 1) or EA (EA group - 2).
•Both BAL fluid (BALF) and EA samples were quantitaively cultured. The patients whose cultures were positive with more than 10.000 CFU/mL in BALF cultures and with more than 100.000 CFU/mL in quantitatively endotracheal aspirate cultures (QEACs)— were included in the

•The exclusion criteria were a diagnosis of AIDS and inappropriate
•respiratory samples (> 10 squamous cells in the lower field magnification in EA
•smears or > 1% bronchial cells in BALF smears). cases with BAL fluid with more than 1% of bronchial cells.

发起方

Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais