Prevention of Early Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia after Cardiac Arrest
Author(s) -
Bruno François,
Alain Cariou,
Raphaël Clère-Jehl,
PierreFrançois Dequin,
Françoise Re-Carron,
Thomas Daix,
Christophe Guitton,
Nicolas Deye,
Stéphane Legriel,
Gaëtan Plantefève,
JeanPierre Quenot,
Arnaud Desachy,
Toufik Kamel,
Sandrine Bedon-Carte,
JeanLuc Diehl,
Nicolas Chudeau,
Elias Karam,
Isabelle DurandZaleski,
Bruno Giraudeau,
Philippe Vig,
Amélie Le Gouge
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1812379
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonia , ventilator associated pneumonia , incidence (geometry) , hazard ratio , intensive care unit , randomization , placebo , confidence interval , randomized controlled trial , intensive care medicine , physics , alternative medicine , pathology , optics
Patients who are treated with targeted temperature management after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with shockable rhythm are at increased risk for ventilator-associated pneumonia. The benefit of preventive short-term antibiotic therapy has not been shown.
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