Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract and Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

  1. Harold R. Collard, MD;
  2. Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH; and
  3. Michael A. Matthay, MD
  1. From University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262; Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI 48109; and University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143.

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