Selective decontamination of the digestive tract in critically ill children: systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: Pediatric critical care medicine Vol. 14; no. 1; p. 89
• Main Authors: Petros, Andy, Silvestri, Luciano, Booth, Rachelle, Taylor, Nia, van Saene, Hendrick
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.01.2013
• Subjects: Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Child; Confidence Intervals; Critical Illness - therapy; Decontamination; Gastrointestinal Tract - microbiology; Humans; Infection Control; Mortality; Odds Ratio; Pneumonia - diagnosis; Pneumonia - prevention & control

We examined the impact of selective decontamination of the digestive tract on morbidity and mortality in critically ill children. We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, the Cochrane Register of Controlled Trials, and previous meta-analyses. We included all randomized controlled trials comparing administration...