Selective decontamination of the digestive tract in critical care: a teenage angst or coming of age issue?

Selective decontamination of the digestive tract in critical care: a teenage angst or coming of age issue?

Selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD) has been with us since the early days of our specialty, and in some ways it marks our progression and maturation. How we have dealt with SDD to date ranges from "thorn in our side" to "elephant in the room". With high quality...

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Veröffentlicht in:Critical care (London, England) England), 2018-11, Vol.22 (1), p.296-296, Article 296
1. Verfasser: Cuthbertson, Brian H
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Age
Antibiotics
Care and treatment
Critical care
Critical care medicine
Decontamination
Digestive system
Drug resistance
Evidence
Health aspects
Hospitals
Intensive care
Mortality
Nosocomial infections
Pneumonia
Practice
Prevention
Selective decontamination of the digestive tract
Sepsis
Systematic review
Teenagers
Ventilators
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Zusammenfassung:Selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD) has been with us since the early days of our specialty, and in some ways it marks our progression and maturation. How we have dealt with SDD to date ranges from "thorn in our side" to "elephant in the room". With high quality multi-national studies underway, how we deal with these results will mark our final maturation to adulthood as a specialty.
ISSN:1364-8535
1466-609X
1364-8535
1366-609X
DOI:10.1186/s13054-018-2227-2