Patients treated in Intensive Care Units.
Conditions
Interventions
Selective Digestive Decontamination.
Selective Oropharyngeal Decontamination.
Sponsors
participating centers, Dutch SDD Trialists Group
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All patients admitted to the ICU with an expected stay> 72 hours in ICU or with an expected duration of mechanical ventilation > 48 hours.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Known allergy to study-medication in patient-history; 2. Pregnancy.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Hospital mortality; 2. ICU-mortality. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Prevalence of antibiotic resistance; 2. Duration of mechanical ventilation; 3. Duration of ICU-stay; 4. Incidence of hospital infections; 5. Antibiotic use; 6. Health care costs. | — |
Contacts
Public ContactAnne Marie G.A. Smet, de
University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU), AZU, P.O. Box 85500
Outcome results
None listed