Effects of decontamination of the digestive tract and oropharynx in intensive care unit patients on 1-year survival

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2013 Jul 1;188(1):117-20. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201209-1733LE.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Intravenous
  • Aged
  • Amphotericin B / administration & dosage
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Cefotaxime / administration & dosage
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Colistin / administration & dosage
  • Critical Care / methods*
  • Cross Infection / mortality*
  • Cross Infection / prevention & control*
  • Cross-Over Studies
  • Decontamination / methods*
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Female
  • Gastrointestinal Tract / drug effects
  • Gastrointestinal Tract / microbiology*
  • Hospital Mortality
  • Humans
  • Intensive Care Units / statistics & numerical data
  • Intubation, Gastrointestinal
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Netherlands
  • Odds Ratio
  • Oropharynx / drug effects
  • Oropharynx / microbiology*
  • Primary Prevention / methods
  • Survival Analysis
  • Tobramycin / administration & dosage
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Amphotericin B
  • Cefotaxime
  • Tobramycin
  • Colistin