Prevention of nosocomial maxillary sinusitis in the ICU: The effects of topically applied α-adrenergic agonists and corticosteroids

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 532-537

  Pneumatikos, Ioannis ^a   Konstantonis, Dimitrios ^a   Tsagaris, Iraklis ^a   Theodorou, Vasiliki ^a   Vretzakis, Georgios ^a   Danielides, Vasilios ^a   Bouros, Demosthenes ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Infections; Maxillary sinusitis; Nosocomial; Nosocomial sinusitis; Sinusitis; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; POVIDONE IODINE; XYLOMETAZOLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLA SINUSITIS; OPEN STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINUSITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADULT; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GREECE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MAXILLARY SINUSITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33645106535     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-006-0078-9     Document Type: Article

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