Clinician Ability to Predict the Presence of Nosocomial Pneumonia Based on Bronchoscopic Findings

University of Cincinnati

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pneumonia

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01904305

Robinson-2010-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to determine whether interpretations of bronchoscopic results enable physicians to successfully predict the presence of pneumonia in traumatically injured patients.

Full description

This study aims to determine whether interpretations of bronchoscopic results enable physicians to successfully predict the presence of pneumonia in traumatically injured patients. Bronchoscopies will be videotaped. The clinician doing the procedure will make prediction as to whether the patient, in fact, has pneumonia. In addition, at least one other physician will view the videotape and predict whether the patient has pneumonia.

Once laboratory results are available, the physician predictions will be compared against the definitive laboratory determination

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Critical Care staff and fellows of the Departments of Anesthesia and Surgery

Exclusion criteria

• Refusal of consent

Trial design

30 participants in 1 patient group

Patients receiving bronchoscopy

Description:

Patients suspected of having pneumonia received bronchoscopy to examine the lungs and to capture alveolar lavage culture