Withholding selective decontamination of the digestive tract from critically ill patients must now surely be ethically questionable given the vast evidence base

Crit Care. 2010;14(5):443. doi: 10.1186/cc9255. Epub 2010 Oct 6.

Authors

Durk F Zandstra, Andy J Petros, Nia Taylor, Luciano Silvestri, Miguel A de la Cal, Hendrick K F van Saene

PMID: 21067554
PMCID: PMC3219259
DOI: 10.1186/cc9255

No abstract available

Publication types

Comment
Letter

MeSH terms

Critical Illness
Decontamination / ethics*
Evidence-Based Medicine / ethics*
Gastrointestinal Tract / microbiology*
Humans
Withholding Treatment / ethics*