Survival benefit in critically ill burned patients receiving selective decontamination of the digestive tract: A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 241, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 424-430

  De La Cal, Miguel A ^a   Cerdá, Enrique ^a   García Hierro, Paloma ^a   Van Saene, Hendrick K F ^b   Gómez Santos, Dulce ^a   Negro, Eva ^a   Lorente, José Angel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BURN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG BURN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELECTIVE DIGESTIVE DECONTAMINATION; SURVIVAL; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BURNS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS INFECTION; DECONTAMINATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 14544285137     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000154148.58154.d5     Document Type: Article

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