The New England journal of medicine
Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract during Ventilation in the ICU.
SuDDICU Investigators for the Australia and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group and the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group, Brian H Cuthbertson, Laurent Billot, Marion K Campbell, Nick Daneman, Joshua S Davis, Anthony Delaney, Anthony Devaux, Niall D Ferguson, Simon R Finfer, Robert Fowler, Anthony C Gordon, Naomi E Hammond, Gail Klein, Qiang Li
Published: 202510.1056/NEJMoa2506398
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Whether selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD) reduces mortality among patients undergoing mechanical ventilation and whether it adversely affects microbial ecology in the intensive care unit (ICU) remain unclear. In an ea…
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