2B or not 2B for selective decontamination of the digestive tract in the surviving sepsis campaign guidelines

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Petros, Andy J ^a   Silvestri, Luciano ^b   Van Saene, Hendrick K F ^c   Zandstra, Durk F ^d   De La Cal, Miguel A ^e   Viviani, Marino ^f   Peric, Mladen ^g   Gullo, Antonino ^h  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Unit of Anesthesia and Intensive Care   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^g KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CEFOTAXIME; COLISTIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MORTALITY; OROPHARYNX; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SELECTIVE DECONTAMINATION OF THE DIGESTIVE TRACT; SEPSIS;

CRITICAL CARE; HUMANS; SEPSIS;

EID: 84887110865     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182916fa2     Document Type: Letter

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