Patient with bilateral pneumonia requiring mechanical ventilation mini-BAL, ventilator associated pneumonia
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) patients aged over 18 years old, (2) those who require mechanical ventilation, and (3) those clinically suspected of pneumonia and abnormal chest radiography images consistent with bilateral pneumonia.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1) patients who required bronchoscopy examination; (2) those with a high intracranial pressure; (3) those with an increased risk of bleeding, such as low platelet count (<50,000 cells/cumm3) or coagulopathy with an international normalized ratio of >1.5; (4) those with pneumothorax; and (5) those with confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 infection.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| diagnostic yield D0 of procedure culture | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| safety during and post procedure hypoxemia, arrhythmia, bleeding | — |
Countries
Thailand
Contacts
Vajira hospital