Antibiotics for ventilator-associated pneumonia
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Aerosolized antibiotics to treat ventilator-associated pneumonia.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review summarizes the recent data on antibiotic aerosolization to treat ventilator-associated pneumonia. RECENT FINDINGS Most studies on antibiotic aerosolization have been case reports or descriptive studies. The results of a recent randomized, placebo-controlled trial indicated that adjunctive use of nebulized antibiotic with intravenous antibiotics to treat purulent ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1465-1858
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd004267.pub4