Nonbronchoscopic bronchoalveolar lavage for diagnosing ventilator-associated pneumonia in newborns

The appropriate treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) must be based on accurate diagnosis, which can be done by microbiological examination of the samples obtained from the respiratory tract by nonbronchoscopic bronchoalveolar lavages (NB-BAL). This study was designed to determin...

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Main Authors: Nilgün Köksal, Mustafa Hacimustafaoğlul, Solmaz Celebi, Cüneyt Ozakin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hacettepe University Institute of Child Health 2006-07-01
Series:The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics
Online Access:https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/2632
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