Antibiotic prophylaxis to reduce respiratory tract infections and mortality in adults receiving intensive care.
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Summary
A combination of topical and systemic prophylactic antibiotics reduces respiratory tract infections and overall mortality in adult patients receiving intensive care and appropriately explored the risk of occurrence of resistance as a negative consequence of antibiotic use.
- Type
- review
- Published
- 2004-01-26
- Cited by
- 393
- References
- 16
- Access
- Open access
- OpenAlex
- https://openalex.org/W1709269893
- Semantic Scholar
- https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:27927312
Keywords
Medicine, Pneumonia, Respiratory tract infections, Intensive care unit, Incidence (geometry)
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- Selective digestive tract decontamination: A tough pill to swallow.
- Peri-operative and complication management for adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus and oesophagigastric junction.
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