Posts tonen met het label intensive care patients. Alle posts tonen
Posts tonen met het label intensive care patients. Alle posts tonen

donderdag 15 oktober 2009

Synbiotics for intensive care patients: shifting the evidence balance

A combination of pre- and probiotics, so-called synbiotics, improves important health parameters in intensive care patients,according to a recent study. This contradicts some previously published papers.

A study in the Journal of Trauma has recently reopened a several-year-old discussion among trauma specialists. Should intensive care patients be treated with prebiotics and/or probiotics in order to prevent complications, such as bloodstream infections and pneumonia?
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