Adjunction of inhaled amikacin to intravenous standard-of-care antibiotics do not modified short term prognosis of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia due to Gram-negative bacilli. ( Niederman MS. et al. )
Inhaled amikacin adjunctive to intravenous standard-of-care antibiotics in mechanically ventilated patients with Gram-negative pneumonia (INHALE): a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3, superiority trial.
| Dr Olivier Leroy
The ESCMID recommendations published in 2017 (ATB-VAC 31/5/2017) are clear: the use of inhaled antibiotics in ICU should be prohibited. … Suite