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Table 2 -

From: Pulmonary infection in brain-injured patients

 

Altered chest X-ray

PaO2/FiO2 < 200

Secretions

Leucocyte count > 12,000 or < 4000

Temperature > 38°C or < 36°C

BAL+

96.5%

58.6%

89.6%

79.3%

86.2%

BAL-

3.2%

9.6%

51.6%

54.8%

25.8%

P

< 0.01

< 0.01

< 0.01

< 0.05

< 0.01