A Controlled Trial in Intensive Care Units of Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract with Nonabsorbable Antibiotics

H. Gastinne; Matthias Wolff; Frédérique Delatour; F. Faurisson; Sylvie Chevret

doi:10.1056/nejm199202273260903

Abstract

Selective decontamination of the digestive tract does not improve survival among patients receiving mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit, although it substantially increases the cost of their care.

Keywords

MedicineHuman decontaminationAntibioticsDigestive tractIntensive care medicineMicrobiologyInternal medicineBiology

MeSH Terms

AdministrationTopicalAmphotericin BAnti-Bacterial AgentsColistinCritical CareCross InfectionDigestive SystemDouble-Blind MethodFemaleGram-Negative Bacterial InfectionsHumansIntensive Care UnitsMaleMiddle AgedMultiple Organ FailurePneumoniaRespirationArtificialSurvival RateTime FactorsTobramycin

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Year: 1992
Type: article
Volume: 326
Issue: 9
Pages: 594-599
Citations: 365
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                                    H. Gastinne, 
                                
                                    Matthias Wolff, 
                                
                                    Frédérique Delatour
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1992). 
                            A Controlled Trial in Intensive Care Units of Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract with Nonabsorbable Antibiotics. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 326
                            (9)
                            , 594-599.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199202273260903
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejm199202273260903
PMID: 1734249

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