Critical care medicine · 1995
Elastin fibers and the diagnosis of bacterial pneumonia in the adult respiratory distress syndrome.
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Shepherd K E, Lynch K E, Wain J C, Brown E N, Wilson R S
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OBJECTIVE: It has been inferred from previous work that 40% potassium hydroxide preparations of lower respiratory tract secretions that demonstrate elastin fibers have a 100% specificity and positive predictive value in diagnosing bacterial pneumonia in intubated, mechanically ventilated patients without the adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Our aim was to assess the specificity of 40% potassium hydroxide preparations in diagnosing bacterial pneumonia in patients with ARDS and suspected pneumonia.
DESIGN: Prospective, case-referral clinical study.
SETTING: Referral hospital.
PATIENTS: Of 24 patients with ARDS who were intubated and mechanically ventilated with suspected bacterial pneumonia, 22 were assessable and evaluated for this report.
INTERVENTIONS: Tracheo-bronchial aspirates were obtained from all patients and analyzed for elastin fibers using 40% potassium hydroxide.
MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Of the 22 assessable patients, ten patients did not have a complicating bacterial pneumonia. Six of these ten patients had potassium hydroxide preparations that demonstrated elastin fibers (false positives). The other four patients had preparations that did not demonstrate elastin fibers (true negatives). Specificity was 40%.
CONCLUSION: Elastin fiber preparations are not specific for diagnosing bacterial pneumonia in patients with ARDS.
DESIGN: Prospective, case-referral clinical study.
SETTING: Referral hospital.
PATIENTS: Of 24 patients with ARDS who were intubated and mechanically ventilated with suspected bacterial pneumonia, 22 were assessable and evaluated for this report.
INTERVENTIONS: Tracheo-bronchial aspirates were obtained from all patients and analyzed for elastin fibers using 40% potassium hydroxide.
MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Of the 22 assessable patients, ten patients did not have a complicating bacterial pneumonia. Six of these ten patients had potassium hydroxide preparations that demonstrated elastin fibers (false positives). The other four patients had preparations that did not demonstrate elastin fibers (true negatives). Specificity was 40%.
CONCLUSION: Elastin fiber preparations are not specific for diagnosing bacterial pneumonia in patients with ARDS.