tailieunhanh - Báo cáo khoa học: " Reduction of nosocomial pneumonia after major burns by trace element"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Reduction of nosocomial pneumonia after major burns by trace element . | Available online http content 10 6 R153 Research Reduction of nosocomial pneumonia after major burns by trace element supplementation aggregation of two randomised trials Mette M Berger1 Philippe Eggimann1 Daren K Heyland2 René L Chioléro1 Jean-Pierre Revelly1 Andrew Day2 Wassim Raffoul3 and Alan Shenkin4 Department of Adult Intensive Care Medicine Burn Centre Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois CHUV Rue du Bugnon 46 1011 Lausanne Switzerland 2Clinical Evaluation Research Unit Kingston General Hospital 76 Stuart Street K7L 2V7 Kingston Ontario Canada 3Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department of Surgery CHUV Rue du Bugnon 46 1011 Lausanne Switzerland department of Clinical Chemistry University of Liverpool Duncan Building Daulby Street L69 3GA Liverpool UK Corresponding author Mette M Berger Received 16 Aug 2006 Revisions requested 12 Sep 2006 Revisions received 22 Sep 2006 Accepted 2 Nov 2006 Published 2 Nov 2006 Critical Care 2006 10 R153 doi cc5084 This article is online at http content 10 6 R153 2006 Berger et al. licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Open Access Abstract Introduction Nosocomial pneumonia is a major source of morbidity and mortality after severe burns. Burned patients suffer trace element deficiencies and depressed antioxidant and immune defences. This study aimed at determining the effect of trace element supplementation on nosocomial or intensive care unit ICU -acquired pneumonia. Methods Two consecutive randomised double-blinded supplementation studies including two homogeneous groups of 41 severely burned patients 20 placebo and 21 intervention admitted to the burn centre of a university hospital were combined. Intervention .