Are probiotics actually useful in decreasing VAP rate?

Intensive Care Med. 2016 Oct;42(10):1643-1644. doi: 10.1007/s00134-016-4419-z. Epub 2016 Sep 12.

Authors

Kei Suzuki¹, Shinichiro Ohshimo², Nobuaki Shime¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan.
² Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan. [email protected].

PMID: 27620299
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-016-4419-z

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Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Humans
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated*
Probiotics*
Respiration, Artificial