Selective Digestive Tract Decontamination in Intensive Care Medicine: a Practical Guide to Controlling Infection

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Voort, Peter H. J. van der (Editor), Saene, Hendrick K. F. van (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milano : Springer Milan, 2008.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Medical microbiology.; Anesthesiology.; Critical care medicine.; Internal medicine.; Infectious diseases.; Medicine & Public Health.; Intensive / Critical Care Medicine.; Infectious Diseases.; Medical Microbiology.; Internal Medicine.

More than 20 years ago it was recognized by Stoutenbeek and colleagues that patients in the intensive care unit suffered from infections developed whilst being treated. Moreover, the majority of these infections appeared to originate from bacteria that were acquired in the intensive care leading to...

Table of Contents:

• The History of Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract
• The Concept of SDD
• Infections in Critically Ill Patients: Should We Change to a Decontamination Strategy?
• Gut Microbiology: How to Use Surveillance Samples for the Detection of the Carrier Status of Abnormal Flora
• Compounding Medication for Digestive Decontamination: Pharmaceutical Aspects
• Nursing and Practical Aspects in the Application and Implementation of SDD
• The Effects of Hand-Washing, Restrictive Antibiotic Use and SDD on Morbidity
• The Effects of SDD on Mortality
• Antimicrobial Resistance During 20 Years of Clinical SDD Research
• The Costs of SDD
• SDD for the Prevention and Control of Outbreaks
• Preoperative Prophylaxis with SDD in Surgical Patients
• The Role of SDD in Liver Transplantation: a Meta-Analysis
• Do Burn Patients Benefit from Digestive Tract Decontamination?
• How to Design an Antibiotic Strategy That Respects the Indigenous Flora.