Should selective digestive decontamination be used in critically ill patients?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7880, 2012, Pages

  Walden, Andrew P ^a   Bonten, Marc J ^b   Wise, Matt P ^c  

^a ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; OROPHARYNX; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS INFECTION; DECONTAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS;

EID: 84868024320     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e6697     Document Type: Article

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