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Impact of Using Mini-Bronchoalveolar Lavage as a Diagnostic Test for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

NCT00319644 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 37

Last updated 2012-11-16

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Summary

The proposed study will evaluate adult patients admitted to the medical or surgical intensive care units (ICUs) at San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH). On admission, patients will be randomized in a 1:1 manner to the mini-bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) quantitative culture arm in the setting of suspected ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) versus the tracheal aspirate culture arm, which is the current test available at SFGH.

Conditions

  • Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

Interventions

DEVICE

Bronchoalveolar lavage

Using catheter to obtain respiratory sample

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Julin F Tang, M.D., M.S. · University of California, San Francisco

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-05-31
Primary Completion
2008-12-31
Completion
2008-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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