Use of Tracheal Aspirate Culture in Newly Intubated Patients with Community-Onset Pneumonia.

Lindsay M McCauleyBrandon J WebbJeffrey SorensenNathan C Dean

Published in: Annals of the American Thoracic Society (2016)

Tracheal aspirate cultures obtained as part of routine care identified a plausible pneumonia pathogen in more than one-half of emergency department adult patients with severe pneumonia requiring intubation. Tracheal aspirate culture offers important additive diagnostic value to other routine tests.

Keyphrases

emergency department
healthcare
clinical practice
respiratory failure
palliative care
community acquired pneumonia
cardiac arrest
quality improvement
early onset
pain management
health insurance