Benefit-to-risk balance of bronchoalveolar lavage in the critically ill. A prospective, multicenter cohort study.

Toufik KamelJulie HelmsRalf Janssen-LangensteinAchille KouatchetAntoine GuillonJeremy BourenneDamien ContouChristophe GuervillyRémi CoudroyMarie Anne HoppeJean Baptiste LascarrouJean Pierre QuenotGwenhaël ColinParis MengJérôme RoustanChristophe CraccoMai-Anh NayThierry Boulainnull null

Published in: Intensive care medicine (2020)

Adverse events related to BAL in ICU patients are not infrequent nor necessarily benign. Our findings call for an extreme caution, when envisaging a BAL in ICU patients and for a mandatory accompaniment of the less experienced physicians.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
intensive care unit
prognostic factors
primary care
clinical trial
patient reported outcomes
cross sectional
double blind