Treatment of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Using Intravenous Colistin Alone or in Combination with Inhaled Colistin in Critically Ill Children.

Polat, MELTEM; Kara, Soner; TAPISIZ, ANIL; TEZER, HASAN; Kalkan, Gokhan; Dolgun, Anil

doi:10.1007/s40272-015-0133-5

Treatment of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Using Intravenous Colistin Alone or in Combination with Inhaled Colistin in Critically Ill Children.

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Polat M., Kara S. S., TAPISIZ A., TEZER H., Kalkan G., Dolgun A.

Paediatric drugs, vol.17, no.4, pp.323-30, 2015 (SCI-Expanded)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 17 Issue: 4
Publication Date: 2015
Doi Number: 10.1007/s40272-015-0133-5
Journal Name: Paediatric drugs
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.323-30
Gazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective The objective of this study was to compare the safety and efficacy of inhaled plus intravenous (IV) colistin with that of IV colistin alone in critically ill children with ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) due to colistin-only susceptible (COS) Gram-negative bacteria (GNB).