Should all ICU patients receive systemic digestive decontamination?

Current Respiratory Medicine Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-51

  Brar, Navdeep K ^a   Niederman, Michael S ^a,b  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Nosocomial pneumonia; Prevention; Prophylactic antibiotics; Selective digestive decontamination

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISINFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTESTINE FLORA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 77950455648     PISSN: 1573398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157339810790820485     Document Type: Review

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