The Value of Sputum Induced by Heated Hypertonic Aerosol Inhalation in the Management of Pneumonia
| Autor: | Frederick L. Jones Mc, Charles J. Avallone |
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| Rok vydání: | 1964 |
| Předmět: |
Respiratory Therapy
medicine.medical_specialty Biomedical Research Adolescent Hypertonic Solutions Drug Resistance Causative organism Bronchopneumonia medicine Humans In patient Intensive care medicine Viral etiology Aerosols business.industry Sputum Bacteriology Drug Resistance Microbial Pneumonia General Medicine medicine.disease Chloramphenicol Propylene Glycols Tonicity Aerosol inhalation medicine.symptom Complication business |
| Zdroj: | Diseases of the Chest. 45:612-615 |
| ISSN: | 0096-0217 |
| DOI: | 10.1378/chest.45.6.612 |
| Popis: | SUMMARY The use of the heated hypertonic saline-propylene glycol aerosol technique for artificial induction of sputum in patients with pneumonia whose cough is nonproductive offers a valuable aid in management. The method is simple, harmless and easily adaptable to bedside use. Reliable early identification of the causative organism is usually possible. Treatment on a sound bacteriologic basis can then replace educated guesswork in the selection of the antimicrobial therapy to be employed. Experience with this method in 15 patients with pneumonia who were unable to produce sputum voluntarily is presented. In 13 of these cases (87 per cent), a bacteriologic diagnosis was possible. The remaining two cases were of apparent viral etiology. No complication of the technique in this group of acutely ill patients was encountered. |
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