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Table 1 Criteria for clinical suspicion of ventilator-associated pneumoniaa

From: Clara cell protein in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid: a predictor of ventilator-associated pneumonia?

Criteria

I. At least three positive results of the following four criteria

   1. Rectal temperature > 38°C or < 35.5°C

   2. Blood leucocytosis (> 10 × 10³/mm³) and/or left shift of blood leucopenia (< 3 × 10³/mm³)

   3. > 10 leukocytes per high-power magnification field in Gram stain of tracheal aspirate

   4. Positive culture from tracheal aspirate

II. New, persistent progressive infiltrate visualised on chest radiograph

  1. aThe diagnosis of clinical suspicion of ventilator-associated pneumonia was made when criteria I and II were positive. The criteria listed here are as described by Bonten et al.[8].
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