122 multiple trauma patients staying in the ICU for 5 or more days and needing mechanical ventilation were investigated to determine the effect of selective decontamination of the digestive tract on prevention of infection. The (retrospectively studied) control group of 59 patients received no antib
Impact of selective decontamination of the digestive tract on fungal carriage and infection: systematic review of randomized controlled trials
โ Scribed by Luciano Silvestri; Hendrik K. F. Saene; Marco Milanese; Dario Gregori
- Book ID
- 105834136
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 216 KB
- Volume
- 31
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1432-1238
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