Oropharyngeal decontamination decreases incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia. A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trial
ContributorsPugin, Jérôme; Auckenthaler, Raymond; Lew, Daniel Pablo; Suter, Peter
Published inJAMA, vol. 265, no. 20, p. 2704-2710
Publication date1991
Abstract
Keywords
- Adult
- Aged
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Bacteria/drug effects/growth & development
- Bacterial Infections/prevention & control
- Cross Infection/etiology/ prevention & control
- Double-Blind Method
- Drug Therapy, Combination/administration & dosage/ therapeutic use
- Female
- Humans
- Incidence
- Intensive Care Units
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Oropharynx/microbiology
- Pneumonia/etiology/ prevention & control
- Respiration, Artificial/ adverse effects
Affiliation entities
Citation (ISO format)
PUGIN, Jérôme et al. Oropharyngeal decontamination decreases incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia. A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trial. In: JAMA, 1991, vol. 265, n° 20, p. 2704–2710. doi: 10.1001/jama.1991.03460200084041
Identifiers
- PID : unige:9439
- DOI : 10.1001/jama.1991.03460200084041
- PMID : 2023353
Additional URL for this publicationhttp://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/265/20/2704
Journal ISSN0098-7484