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

Softcover

ISBN 10: 884700652X ISBN 13: 9788847006522

Publisher: Springer, 2007

Synopsis

Selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD) is an antibiotic strategy which aims to prevent secondary infections in critically ill patients. In this book, intensive care physicians will find the answers to problems they encounter in daily practice concerning infection prevention by the use of SDD. Physicians who have not practiced the strategy so far, and wishing to start it, will find all the information they need for a successful SDD implementation.

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From the Back Cover

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 pathologic colonisation and overgrowth in the gut, subsequently leading to organ site infections. Selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD) is an antibiotic strategy which aims to prevent secondary infections in critically ill patients. This book provides both the scientific rationale and the practical approach to nurses, physicians, pharmacists and microbiologists to design a SDD treatment strategy tailored to each individual patient and the local hospital situation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 884700652X
• ISBN 13: 9788847006522
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 212
• Editor: Van Der Voort Peter H.J., Van Saene Hendrick K.F.