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Semirecumbent position to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia is not evidence based.

Silvestri L, Gregori D, van Saene HK, Belli R, Blazic M.

J Crit Care. 2009 Oct 12. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available. PMID: 19828285 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

[A new clinical trial with selective digestive decontamination.]

García-Hierro P, de la Cal MA, van Saene HK, Silvestri L.

Med Intensiva. 2009 Aug-Sep;33(6):297-300. Spanish. No abstract available. PMID: 19811972 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Carriage classification of pneumonia rather than time improves survival.

Silvestri L, van Saene HK, de la Cal MA, De Gaudio AR.

Chest. 2009 Oct;136(4):1188-9. No abstract available. PMID: 19809078 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Origin of epidemic clones of acinetobacter in the critically ill.

Damjanovic V, Taylor N, van Saene HK.

J Hosp Infect. 2009 Nov;73(3):285-6; author reply 286-7. Epub 2009 Sep 27. No abstract available. PMID: 19788949 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Is the endogenous pathogenesis of Candida parapsilosis infection underreported?

Damjanovic V, Damjanovic CM, Taylor N, van Saene HK.

J Hosp Infect. 2009 Sep;73(1):93-4. Epub 2009 Jul 28. No abstract available. PMID: 19640606 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The final gasp from the European experts.

Zandstra DF, Petros AJ, van Saene HK.

Intensive Care Med. 2009 Oct;35(10):1816; author reply 1817. Epub 2009 Jul 2. No abstract available. PMID: 19572119 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Survival benefit of the full selective digestive decontamination regimen.

Silvestri L, van Saene HK, Weir I, Gullo A.

J Crit Care. 2009 Sep;24(3):474.e7-14. Epub 2009 Feb 12.PMID: 19327325 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

The emperor's new clothes: the fairy tale continues.

van Saene HK, Silvestri L, de la Cal MA, Baines P.

J Crit Care. 2009 Mar;24(1):149-52. No abstract available. PMID: 19272552 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia by use of oral chlorhexidine.

Silvestri L, van Saene HK, Milanese M, Zei E, Blazic M.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Jan;30(1):101-2; author reply 102-3. No abstract available. PMID: 19067601 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria and infection in children with cerebral palsy requiring mechanical ventilation.

Thorburn K, Jardine M, Taylor N, Reilly N, Sarginson RE, van Saene HK.

Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2009 Mar;10(2):222-6.PMID: 19057452 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

My brother has severe sepsis. Should he receive selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD)?

Viviani M, Silvestri L, Van Saene HK, Zandstra DF, Berlot G, Gullo A.

Minerva Anestesiol. 2008 Sep;74(9):507. No abstract available. PMID: 18762757 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Surviving Sepsis Campaign needed consensus to exclude selective decontamination of the digestive tract.

Silvestri L, van Saene HK, de la Cal MA, Zandstra DF, Viviani M, Perić M, Gullo A.

Crit Care Med. 2008 Sep;36(9):2716-7. No abstract available. PMID: 18728507 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Infections in gastroschisis: organisms and factors.

Khalil BA, Baath ME, Baillie CT, Turnock RR, Taylor N, Van Saene HF, Losty PD.

Pediatr Surg Int. 2008 Sep;24(9):1031-5. Epub 2008 Jul 31.PMID: 18668249 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Antifungal prophylaxis in critically ill patients.

Silvestri L, Zandstra DF, van Saene HK, Petros AJ, Thyagarajan S, de la Cal MA, Thomann C.

Crit Care. 2008;12(3):420. Epub 2008 Jun 13. No abstract available. PMID: 18598370 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia by selective decontamination of the digestive tract.

Silvestri L, van Saene HK, de la Cal MA, Sarginson RE, Thomann C.

Eur Respir J. 2008 Jul;32(1):241-3. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 18591346 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Impact of selective decontamination of the digestive tract on carriage and infection due to Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials.

Silvestri L, van Saene HK, Casarin A, Berlot G, Gullo A.

Anaesth Intensive Care. 2008 May;36(3):324-38. Review.PMID: 18564793 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Selective decontamination is not sticky.

Petros AJ, Sarginson RE, Ashworth M, Reilly N, van Saene JJ, van Saene HK, Zandstra DF.

Intensive Care Med. 2008 Sep;34(9):1734-5; author reply 1736. Epub 2008 May 28. No abstract available. PMID: 18506421 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Microbial gut overgrowth guarantees increased spontaneous mutation leading to polyclonality and antibiotic resistance in the critically ill.

van Saene HK, Taylor N, Damjanovic V, Sarginson RE.

Curr Drug Targets. 2008 May;9(5):419-21.PMID: 18473771 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Surgical strategies in the management of ecthyma gangrenosum in paediatric oncology patients.

Khalil BA, Baillie CT, Kenny SE, Lamont GL, Turnock RR, Pizer BL, van Saene HF, Losty PD.

Pediatr Surg Int. 2008 Jul;24(7):793-7. Epub 2008 Apr 22.PMID: 18427811 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

To review or not to review: that is the question.

Silvestri L, van Saene HK, de la Cal MA, Sarginson RE.

J Hosp Infect. 2008 Jun;69(2):189-90; author reply 190-1. Epub 2008 Apr 1. No abstract available. PMID: 18384913 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Iseganan failure due to the wrong pharmaceutical technology.

van Saene H, van Saene J, Silvestri L, de la Cal M, Sarginson R, Zandstra D.

Chest. 2007 Oct;132(4):1412. No abstract available. PMID: 17934138 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Topical chlorhexidine and ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Silvestri L, van Saene JJ, van Saene HK, Weir I.

Crit Care Med. 2007 Oct;35(10):2468. No abstract available. PMID: 17885406 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Gut overgrowth of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) results in linezolid-resistant mutation in a child with severe congenital neutropenia: a case report.

Verma N, Clarke RW, Bolton-Maggs PH, van Saene HK.

J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2007 Aug;29(8):557-60.PMID: 17762497 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Comment on: emergence of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria during selective decontamination of the digestive tract on an intensive care unit.

Abecasis F, Kerr S, Sarginson RE, Silvestri L, de la Cal MA, Zandstra D, Beishuizen A, Damjanovic V, van Saene HK.

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2007 Aug;60(2):445; author reply 446. Epub 2007 Jun 21. No abstract available. PMID: 17584803 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Selective decontamination of the digestive tract reduces pneumonia and mortality without resistance emerging.

Silvestri L, van Saene HK, Thomann C, Perić M.

Am J Infect Control. 2007 Jun;35(5):354-7. No abstract available. PMID: 17577486 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Selective decontamination of the digestive tract and ventilator-associated pneumonia: we cannot let misinformation go uncorrected.

Silvestri L, van Saene HK, Sarginson RE, Gullo A.

J Intensive Care Med. 2007 May-Jun;22(3):181-2; author reply 183. No abstract available. PMID: 17562740 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

[Selective digestive decontamination. Why don't we apply the evidence in the clinical practice?]

Taylor N, van Saene HK, Abella A, Silvestri L, Vucic M, Peric M.

Med Intensiva. 2007 Apr;31(3):136-45. Review. Spanish. PMID: 17439769 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Enteral vancomycin controls methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus endemicity in an intensive care burn unit: a 9-year prospective study.

Cerdá E, Abella A, de la Cal MA, Lorente JA, García-Hierro P, van Saene HK, Alía I, Aranguren A.

Ann Surg. 2007 Mar;245(3):397-407.PMID: 17435547 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Guidelines for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in the trauma patient.

Silvestri L, van Saene HK, Gullo A, de la Cal MA.

J Trauma. 2007 Apr;62(4):1062-4; author reply 1064-5. No abstract available. PMID: 17426573 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Selective decontamination of the digestive tract reduces bacterial bloodstream infection and mortality in critically ill patients. Systematic review of randomized, controlled trials.

Silvestri L, van Saene HK, Milanese M, Gregori D, Gullo A.

J Hosp Infect. 2007 Mar;65(3):187-203. Epub 2007 Jan 22. Review.PMID: 17244516 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Pulmonary bacterial co-infection in children ventilated for severe respiratory syncytial virus bronchiolitis is common.

Thorburn K, Van Saene H.

Intensive Care Med. 2007 Mar;33(3):565. Epub 2006 Dec 20. No abstract available. PMID: 17177046 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The effect of selective decontamination of the digestive tract on mortality in multiple trauma patients: a multicenter randomized controlled trial.

Stoutenbeek CP, van Saene HK, Little RA, Whitehead A; Working Group on Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract.

Intensive Care Med. 2007 Feb;33(2):261-70. Epub 2006 Dec 5.PMID: 17146635 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Chris Stoutenbeek and selective digestive decontamination.

Zandstra DF, van Saene HK.

Intensive Care Med. 2007 Feb;33(2):207-8. Epub 2006 Dec 5. No abstract available. PMID: 17146634 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Polyclonal outbreaks: a story not yet told.

Damjanovic V, van Saene HK.

J Hosp Infect. 2006 Dec;64(4):408-9. Epub 2006 Oct 17. No abstract available. PMID: 17052799 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Selective decontamination of the digestive tract does not increase resistance in critically ill patients: evidence from randomized controlled trials.

Silvestri L, van Saene HK.

Crit Care Med. 2006 Jul;34(7):2027-9; author reply 2029-30. No abstract available. PMID: 16801879 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

High incidence of pulmonary bacterial co-infection in children with severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) bronchiolitis.

Thorburn K, Harigopal S, Reddy V, Taylor N, van Saene HK.

Thorax. 2006 Jul;61(7):611-5. Epub 2006 Mar 14.PMID: 16537670 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Selective decontamination of the digestive tract reduces lower airway and bloodstream infection and mortality and prevents emergence of antimicrobial resistance.

van Saene HK, Silvestri L, de la Cal MA, Sarginson RE.

Microbes Infect. 2006 Mar;8(3):953-4. Epub 2006 Jan 17. No abstract available. PMID: 16483817 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Use of surveillance cultures and enteral vancomycin to control methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a paediatric intensive care unit.

Thorburn K, Taylor N, Saladi SM, van Saene HK.

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2006 Jan;12(1):35-42.PMID: 16460544 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Selective decontamination of the digestive tract and ventilator-associated pneumonia (part 2).

van Saene HK, Damjanovic V, Silvestri L, de la Cal MA, Zandstra DF.

Respir Care. 2006 Jan;51(1):72-5; author reply 75. No abstract available. PMID: 16425469 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Selective decontamination of the digestive tract and ventilator-associated pneumonia (part 1).

Silvestri L, Petros AJ, Viviani M, Rommes JH, van Saene HK.

Respir Care. 2006 Jan;51(1):67-9; author reply 70-2. No abstract available. PMID: 16425468 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Adult hospital and ventilator-associated pneumonia guidelines: eminence- rather than evidence-based.

Silvestri L, van Saene HK, de la Cal MA, Gullo A.

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2006 Jan 1;173(1):131-3; author reply 133. No abstract available. PMID: 16368795 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

High mortality of invasive pneumococcal disease compared with meningococcal disease in critically ill children.

Thorburn K, Taylor N, Lopez-Rodriguez L, Ashworth M, de la Cal MA, van Saene HK.

Intensive Care Med. 2005 Nov;31(11):1550-7. Epub 2005 Sep 16.PMID: 16167128 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A prospective study of septicaemia on a paediatric oncology unit: a three-year experience at The Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital, Alder Hey, UK.

Paulus SC, van Saene HK, Hemsworth S, Hughes J, Ng A, Pizer BL.

Eur J Cancer. 2005 Sep;41(14):2132-40.PMID: 16129600 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Control of imported and acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in mechanically ventilated patients: a dose-response study of enteral vancomycin to reduce absolute carriage and infection.

Viviani M, van Saene HK, Dezzoni R, Silvestri L, Di Lenarda R, Berlot G, Gullo A.

Anaesth Intensive Care. 2005 Jun;33(3):361-72.PMID: 15973920 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Impact of selective decontamination of the digestive tract on fungal carriage and infection: systematic review of randomized controlled trials.

Silvestri L, van Saene HK, Milanese M, Gregori D.

Intensive Care Med. 2005 Jul;31(7):898-910. Epub 2005 May 14. Review.PMID: 15895205 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Control of bacterial pneumonia during mechanical ventilation.

Kolak J, van Saene HK, de la Cal MA, Silvestre L, Peric M.

Croat Med J. 2005 Apr;46(2):183-96. Review.PMID: 15849838 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Comment on "risk factors for late-onset ventilator-associated pneumonia in trauma patients receiving selective digestive decontamination" by Leone et al.

Fox MA, Sarginson RE, Zandstra DF, Meynaar I, van Saene HK.

Intensive Care Med. 2005 Jul;31(7):999; author reply 1000. Epub 2005 Apr 19. No abstract available. PMID: 15838677 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Impact of nutrition route on fungal infections.

van Saene HK, Silvestri L, de la Cal MA.

Clin Nutr. 2005 Apr;24(2):326-7; author reply 328-9. No abstract available. PMID: 15784496 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Microbial mutation as a source of polyclonality in the gut of the critically ill.

Damjanovic V, van Saene HK.

J Hosp Infect. 2005 Apr;59(4):374-5. No abstract available. PMID: 15749330 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Survival benefit in critically ill burned patients receiving selective decontamination of the digestive tract: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial.

de La Cal MA, Cerdá E, García-Hierro P, van Saene HK, Gómez-Santos D, Negro E, Lorente JA.

Ann Surg. 2005 Mar;241(3):424-30.PMID: 15729064 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article