Medicina intensiva
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Bronchoalveolar lavage is the most effective treatment of alveolar proteinosis. We describe a variant of the usual technique. In a clinical case, we performed bronchoalveolar lavage sequentially in both lungs, without needing to stop the technique after completing the lavage of the first lung, with significant clinical improvement of the patient (pulmonary compliance and saturation). ⋯ Lavage of both lungs permitted discharge to ward in less than 24 hours. The result at middle term was similar to the conventional technique. Lavage could be performed again on several occasions with the same clinical tolerance.
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Comparative Study
[Needs of the family of intensive care patients: perception of the family and the professional].
Compare the degree of family satisfaction of patients admitted to our intensive care unit (ICU) with the perception of the professional on the care setting and information received. ⋯ Satisfaction of the family was greater than that of the professional interviewed. We stress the need to improve the waiting room, personalized care and the need to individually evaluate flexibility in the visiting hours.