Antibiotic Treatment in Ventilator Associated Tracheobronchitis (VAT)
Status:
Unknown status
Trial end date:
2011-09-01
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Summary
Mechanically Ventilated patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) often present with fever,
and purulent sputum, but without radiological evidence of pneumonia.
These patients may have tracheobronchitis. Some suspect that this condition precedes the
development of pneumonia. Antibiotic treatment in tracheobronchitis is controversial.
The investigators will recruit patients with tracheobronchitis and randomize them into 2
groups. One group will be treated with antibiotics and the other group will serve as control.