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Bilateral Bronchoalveolar Lavage in Ventilator-associated Pneumonia

NCT02542553 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 79

Last updated 2015-09-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess microbiologic concordance rates between right- and left-lung bronchoalveolar lavage cultures from patients with suspected ventilator-associated pneumonia, identify predictors of concordance, and evaluate the impact of discordant microbiology on clinicians' ability to prescribe appropriate antibiotic treatments, the investigators conducted a prospective observational study in the general intensive care unit of a large university hospital.

Conditions

  • Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Bilateral BAL

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Giuseppe Bello, MD · Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-02-28
Primary Completion
2014-07-31
Completion
2014-07-31

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