Impact of Antibiotic Treatment on Outcome in Patients With Ventilator-Associated Tracheobronchitis

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2007-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The aim of this study is to determine whether antibiotic treatment could reduce mechanical ventilation duration in patients with nosocomial tracheobronchitis acquired under mechanical ventilation.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Lille
• Treatments: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Antibiotics, Antitubercular

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with tracheobronchitis diagnosed after 48h of invasive mechanical ventilation

Exclusion Criteria:

• Immunodepressed patients

• Patients with tracheostomy at ICU admission

• Patients who developed ventilator-associated pneumonia before ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis