Diagnosis of Lower Respiratory Tract Infections
| Autor: | Robert P. Baughman, Chiara E. Conrado |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
medicine.medical_specialty Respiratory tract infections medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Respiratory disease Nice Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine medicine.disease Endoscopy Pneumonia Bronchoscopy Lower respiratory tract infection medicine Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Intensive care medicine business computer Empiric therapy computer.programming_language |
| Zdroj: | Chest. 113:219S-223S |
| ISSN: | 0012-3692 |
| DOI: | 10.1378/chest.113.3_supplement.219s |
| Popis: | Study objectives To review the various methods used to diagnose lower respiratory tract infections. Design Review of literature with appropriate references to various techniques proposed to diagnose pneumonia. Intervention Compare and contrast different proposed approaches to diagnose pneumonia. Results Bronchoscopic techniques appear more clear cut for certain nonbacterial pathogens. Their role in immunocompromised patients is more clear cut, while in the nonimmunocompromised patient, invasive diagnostic techniques probably provide a higher certainty of the final diagnosis of the patient. Recent interest has focused on nonbronchoscopic techniques for the mechanically ventilated patient. None of these techniques has been demonstrated to change clinical outcome. Conclusions Diagnosis of lower respiratory tract infection has to be tailored for the individual patient. Decision about which procedure to do is influenced by the patient's underlying immune status, level of illness, and response to empiric therapy. |
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