作者
Vincent I Lau, Bram Rochwerg, Feng Xie, Jennie Johnstone, John Basmaji, Jana Balakumaran, Alla Iansavichene, Deborah J Cook
发表日期
2020
来源
Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia
卷号
67
期号
2
页码范围
247
出版商
Nature Publishing Group
简介
Purpose
Probiotics may prevent healthcare-associated infections, such as ventilator-associated pneumonia, Clostridioides difficile-associated diarrhea, and other adverse outcomes. Despite their potential benefits, there are no summative data examining the cost-effectiveness of probiotics in hospitalized patients. This systematic review summarized studies evaluating the economic impact of using probiotics in hospitalized adult patients.
Methods
We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, CENTRAL, ACP Journal Club, and other EBM reviews (inception to January 31, 2019) for health economics evaluations examining the use of probiotics in hospitalized adults. Independently and in duplicate, we extracted data study characteristics, risk of bias, effectiveness and total costs (medications, diagnostics/procedures, devices, personnel, hospital) associated with healthcare-associated infections (ventilator-associated pneumonia …
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