Erschienen in:
01.08.2010 | Correspondence
SDD, SOD, or oropharyngeal chlorhexidine to prevent pneumonia and to reduce mortality in ventilated patients: which manoeuvre is evidence-based?
verfasst von:
Luciano Silvestri, Hendrick K. F. van Saene, Durk F. Zandstra, Marino Viviani, Dario Gregori
Erschienen in:
Intensive Care Medicine
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Ausgabe 8/2010
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Excerpt
Dear editor: We read with interest the editorial by Segers and de Mol on the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) after cardiac surgery [
1]. We would like to comment on the authors’ statements on the use of selective digestive decontamination (SDD), selective oropharyngeal decontamination (SOD), and oropharyngeal chlorhexidine, as they are based on inaccurate interpretation of the evidence. …