Probiotics for Preventing Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Mechanically Ventilated Patients: A Meta-Analysis with Trial Sequential Analysis

Effect of probiotics on the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically ill patients: a randomized controlled multicenter trial

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Trend in Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Rates Between 2005 and 2013

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Use of probiotics to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia: A survey of pharmacists' attitudes

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Determining the Ideal Strategy for Ventilator-associated Pneumonia Prevention. Cost–Benefit Analysis

(2015) Westyn Branch-Elliman et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Probiotic prophylaxis to prevent ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) in children on mechanical ventilation: an open-label randomized controlled trial

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The Vexing Problem of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: Observations on Pathophysiology, Public Policy, and Clinical Science

(2015) R. H. Kallet   Respiratory Care

Impact of the Administration of Probiotics on Mortality in Critically Ill Adult Patients

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Controversies in the management of the critically ill: the role of probiotics

(2013) Maria Theodorakopoulou et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

Point-Counterpoint: Quantitative Cultures of Bronchoscopically Obtained Specimens Should Be Performed for Optimal Management of Ventilator-Associated PneumoniaPoint-Counterpoint: Quantitative Cultures of Bronchoscopically Obtained Specimens Should Be Performed for Optimal Management of Ventilator-Associated PneumoniaPoint-Counterpoint: Quantitative Cultures of Bronchoscopically Obtained Specimens Should Be Performed for Optimal Management of Ventilator-Associated PneumoniaSUMMARY: Table 1

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Probiotics for Preventing Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of High-Quality Randomized Controlled Trials

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Lack of Efficacy of Probiotics in Preventing Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

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Probiotics in the critically ill

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Treating critically ill patients with probiotics: Beneficial or dangerous?

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Probiotic Prophylaxis of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia

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Impact of the administration of probiotics on the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials*

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Probiotics versus antibiotic decontamination of the digestive tract: infection and mortality

(2010) Guy J. Oudhuis et al.   INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE

Probiotics in the critically ill patient: a double blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial

(2010) Damien Barraud et al.   INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE

Ventilator-associated Pneumonia: The Potential Critical Role of Emergency Medicine in Prevention

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Clinical and Economic Consequences of Ventilator‐Associated Pneumonia

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Pro- and Synbiotics to Control Inflammation and Infection in Patients With Multiple Injuries

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Effect of synbiotic therapy on the incidence of ventilator associated pneumonia in critically ill patients: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

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Can trial sequential monitoring boundaries reduce spurious inferences from meta-analyses?

(2008) Kristian Thorlund et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Trial sequential analysis reveals insufficient information size and potentially false positive results in many meta-analyses

(2008) Jesper Brok et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Comprehensive evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for ventilator-associated pneumonia: Prevention

(2008) John Muscedere et al.   JOURNAL OF CRITICAL CARE

Trial sequential analysis may establish when firm evidence is reached in cumulative meta-analysis

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