Clinical review Non-antibiotic strategies for preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia.docVIP

Available online /content/6/1/045 Review Clinical review: Non-antibiotic strategies for preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia Ricard Ferrer* and Antonio Artigas? *Staff Physician, Centre de Critics, Hospital de Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain ?Director, Centre de Critics, Hospital de Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain Correspondence: Ricard Ferrer, rferrer@cspt.es Published online: 11 January 2001 Critical Care 2002, 6:45-51 ? 2002 BioMed Central Ltd (Print ISSN 1364-8535; Online ISSN 1466-609X) Abstract Prevention of nosocomial pneumonia (NP) is the most important step towards reducing hospitalisa