Preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia: tiptoeing through a minefield

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2006 Jun 15;173(12):1297-8. doi: 10.1164/rccm.2512004.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Topical
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local / administration & dosage
  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local / therapeutic use
  • Chlorhexidine / administration & dosage
  • Chlorhexidine / therapeutic use
  • Colistin / administration & dosage
  • Colistin / therapeutic use
  • Drug Combinations
  • Humans
  • Intubation, Intratracheal / adverse effects
  • Intubation, Intratracheal / instrumentation
  • Ointments
  • Oropharynx / microbiology
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / etiology
  • Pneumonia, Bacterial / prevention & control*
  • Respiration, Artificial / adverse effects
  • Risk Factors
  • Ventilators, Mechanical / adverse effects*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local
  • Drug Combinations
  • Ointments
  • Chlorhexidine
  • Colistin