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Lead
University of California, San Francisco
Patients will be randomized to either Mini-Bal or tracheal aspirate then samples will be taken to the lab for culture. Comparative analysis will then be performed based upon lab results.
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
All adult patients (\> age 18) admitted to 5E, 5R, and 4E intensive care units and are on the ventilator for greater than 48 hours and expected to remain on the ventilator for awhile
Study procedures would be performed only in patients clinically suspected of having VAP.
You may not be if
Severe respiratory distress at the time of suspected VAP defined by:
* FiO2 ≥ 0.7
* PEEP ≥ 12
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