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Administration of antibiotics via the respiratory tract for the prevention of ICU-acquired pneumonia: a meta-analysis of comparative trials.

Falagas ME, Siempos II, Bliziotis IA, Michalopoulos A.

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Administration of antimicrobials via the respiratory tract for the treatment of patients with nosocomial pneumonia: a meta-analysis.

Ioannidou E, Siempos II, Falagas ME.

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2007 Dec;60(6):1216-26. Epub 2007 Oct 13.PMID: 17934205 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent nosocomial infections in patients in intensive care units: evidence that struggle to convince practising clinicians.

Liberati A, D'Amico R, Pifferi S, Torri V, Brazzi L, Gensini GF, Gusinu R.

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The role of selective digestive tract decontamination on mortality and respiratory tract infections. A meta-analysis.

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Antibiotic prophylaxis to reduce respiratory tract infections and mortality in adults receiving intensive care.

Liberati A, D'Amico R, Pifferi, Torri V, Brazzi L.

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[Antibiotic prophylaxis in adult critically ill patients in intensive care units]

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Local administration of polymyxins into the respiratory tract for the prevention and treatment of pulmonary infections in patients without cystic fibrosis.

Falagas ME, Kasiakou SK.

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Antibiotic prophylaxis in intensive care units: meta-analyses versus clinical practice.

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All great truths are iconoclastic: selective decontamination of the digestive tract moves from heresy to level 1 truth.

van Saene HK, Petros AJ, Ramsay G, Baxby D.

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Intravenous magnesium sulphate and sotalol for prevention of atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass surgery: a systematic review and economic evaluation.

Shepherd J, Jones J, Frampton GK, Tanajewski L, Turner D, Price A.

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Modification of empiric antibiotic treatment in patients with pneumonia acquired in the intensive care unit. ICU-Acquired Pneumonia Study Group.

Alvarez-Lerma F.

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Effect of quinolone prophylaxis in afebrile neutropenic patients on microbial resistance: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Gafter-Gvili A, Paul M, Fraser A, Leibovici L.

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Respiratory fluoroquinolones for the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Vardakas KZ, Siempos II, Grammatikos A, Athanassa Z, Korbila IP, Falagas ME.

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The effect of oropharyngeal decontamination using topical nonabsorbable antibiotics on the incidence of nosocomial respiratory tract infections in multiple trauma patients.

Stoutenbeek CP, van Saene HK, Miranda DR, Zandstra DF, Langrehr D.

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Multiple-drug-resistant bacteria in patients with severe acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Prevalence, risk factors, and outcome.

Nseir S, Di Pompeo C, Cavestri B, Jozefowicz E, Nyunga M, Soubrier S, Roussel-Delvallez M, Saulnier F, Mathieu D, Durocher A.

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Can the clinical pulmonary infection score impact ICU antibiotic days?

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Epidemiological impact of prolonged systematic use of topical SDD on bacterial colonization of the tracheobronchial tree and antibiotic resistance. A three year study.

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Systemic and endotracheal antibiotic prophylaxis of nosocomial pneumonia in ICU.

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The role of aminoglycosides in combination with a beta-lactam for the treatment of bacterial endocarditis: a meta-analysis of comparative trials.

Falagas ME, Matthaiou DK, Bliziotis IA.

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