Reduction of bacterial resistance with inhaled antibiotics in the intensive care unit

LB Palmer, GC Smaldone - … journal of respiratory and critical care …, 2014 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Multidrug-resistant organisms (MDRO) are the dominant airway pathogens in the
intensive care unit (ICU) and present a major treatment challenge to intensivists …

Aerosolized antibiotics in the intensive care unit

LB Palmer - Clinics in chest medicine, 2011 - chestmed.theclinics.com
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is the leading cause of death related to infection in
critically ill patients and accounts for more than 50% of the antibiotic use in the intensive …

Aerosolized antibiotics in mechanically ventilated patients: delivery and response

LB Palmer, GC Smaldone, SR Simon… - Critical care …, 1998 - journals.lww.com
Aerosolized antibiotics in mechanically ventilated patients:... : Critical Care Medicine
Aerosolized antibiotics in mechanically ventilated patients: Delivery and response : Critical Care …

Aerosolized antibiotics and ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis in the intensive care unit

LB Palmer, GC Smaldone, JJ Chen, D Baram… - Critical care …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine whether aerosolized antibiotics, which
achieve high drug concentrations in the target organ, would more effectively treat respiratory …

Aerosolized antibiotics in critically ill ventilated patients

LB Palmer - Current opinion in critical care, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Aerosolized antibiotics in critically ill ventilated patient... : Current Opinion in Critical Care
Aerosolized antibiotics in critically ill ventilated patients : Current Opinion in Critical Care Log …

[PDF][PDF] Aerosolized antibiotics: current and future

LB Palmer - Respiratory Care, 2000 - c.aarc.org
Aerosolized Antibiotics: Current and Future Page 1 Aerosolized Antibiotics: Current and Future
Gerald C Smaldone MD PhD and Lucy B Palmer MD Introduction Ambulatory Patients–Cystic …

Aerosolized antibiotics to treat ventilator-associated pneumonia

CE Luyt, A Combes, A Nieszkowska… - Current opinion in …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Aerosolized antibiotics to treat ventilator-associated pneum... : Current Opinion in Infectious
Diseases Aerosolized antibiotics to treat ventilator-associated pneumonia : Current Opinion in …

Risk Factors for Early-onset, Ventilator-associated Pneumonia in Critical Care Patients: Selected Multiresistantversus Nonresistant Bacteria

O Akça, K Koltka, S Uzel, N Çakar… - The Journal of the …, 2000 - pubs.asahq.org
Background Ventilator-associated pneumonia is the leading nosocomial infection in critically
ill patients. The frequency of ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by multidrug-resistant …

Is “crop rotation” of antibiotics the solution to a “resistant” problem in the ICU?

MS Niederman - American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care …, 1997 - atsjournals.org
The emergence of multiple-drug resistant pathogens in patients who are seriously ill
represents a new challenge for the critical care physician. In the therapy of pneumonia and …

Antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance in the intensive care unit: are we curing or creating disease?

MH Kollef - Heart & Lung: the Journal of Critical Care, 1994 - europepmc.org
Antibiotics represent one of the most commonly prescribed medical therapies for
hospitalized patients. The practice of" spiralling empiricism" has increasingly led to the …