Accuracy of Alpha Amylase in Diagnosing Microaspiration in Intubated Critically-Ill Patients

• Florent Dewavrin,

  Affiliation Intensive Care Unit, Valenciennes Hospital, avenue Desandrouin, Valenciennes, France

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• Farid Zerimech,

  Affiliation Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Faculty of Pharmacy, Lille II University, Lille, France

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• Alexandre Boyer,

  Affiliation Medical Intensive Care Unit, CHU Bordeaux, Place Amélie Raba Léon, Bordeaux, France

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• Patrice Maboudou,

  Affiliation Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Faculty of Pharmacy, Lille II University, Lille, France

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• Malika Balduyck,

  Affiliation Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Faculty of Pharmacy, Lille II University, Lille, France

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• Alain Duhamel,

  Affiliation Epidemiology, Public Health and Quality of Care, Nord-de-France University, Lille, France

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• Saad Nseir

  * E-mail: s-nseir@chru-lille.fr

  Affiliations Critical Care Center, R. Salengro Hospital, University Hospital of Lille, Lille, France, Medical Assessment Laboratory, EA 2694, University of Lille Nord de France, Lille, France

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