Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Unknown status
Study Type: Observational
Official Title: Prospective Comparative Study of Different Etiologic Diagnostic Methods in Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP)
Brief Summary: The study is designed to evaluate sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of non-bronchoscopic bronchoalveolar lavage and endotracheal aspirate in comparison with bronchoscopic bronchoalveolar lavage (gold standard), as methods for etiologic diagnosis of ventilator associated pneumonia and their impact in morbimortality.