Clinical Trial: Probiotics to Actively Counter Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (PROACT)
Study Status: COMPLETED
Recruit Status: COMPLETED
Condition: Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Official Title: Probiotics in ICU to Reduce Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: A Double-blind Multicentre Randomized Clinical Trial
Brief Summary:
PROACT study aims to resolve uncertainties to influence actual practice guidelines or public health policing regarding VAP prevention in ICU by using probiotics administration.Multi-trauma patients with a head injury OR stroke or brain haemorrhage patients without any sign of aspiration and lung infection will be enrolled and randomized to either placebo or probiotic treatment to assess if VAP and mortality can be reduced in the interventional group.
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