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Antibiotics for ventilator-associated pneumonia

Selim AG, Balalis G, Bhaskar B, van Driel ML
Published Online: 
September 8, 2010
This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows:

The primary objective of this review is to assess the effect of different empirical antimicrobial therapies on the survival and clinical response of adult patients with VAP. A secondary objective is to report the incidence of adverse events and superinfections associated with these therapies.

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