Antibiotic prophylaxis for ventilator-associated pneumonia: more is less or less is more?

Chest. 2013 Nov;144(5):1734-1735. doi: 10.1378/chest.13-1478.

Authors

Tom Hellyer¹, Andrew Conway Morris², A John Simpson³

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Scotland. Electronic address: thomas.hellyer@ncl.ac.uk.
² University of Edinburgh/MRC Centre for Inflammation Research, Edinburgh, Scotland.
³ Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Scotland.

PMID: 24189874
DOI: 10.1378/chest.13-1478

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Coma / therapy*
Female
Humans
Male
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / epidemiology*
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / prevention & control*
Respiration, Artificial / adverse effects*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents