Selective digestive decontamination and empirical antimicrobial therapy of late–onset ventilator–associated pneumonia in trauma patients
Objective: To assess the appropriateness of empirical antimicrobial therapy in trauma patients treated with selective digestive decontamination (SDD) who developed ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Methods: Retrospective study comparing 199 trauma patients receiving SDD and 99 non-trauma patien...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2012-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Acute Disease |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2221618913600013 |