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Probiotic prophylaxis to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in children on mechanical ventilation: an open-label randomized controlled trial—response to comments by Saptharishi et al.

Authors: Niranjan Biswal, Parameswaran Narayanan, Rangan Srinivasaraghavan, Balasubramaniam Banupriya

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 6/2015

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Title: Probiotic prophylaxis to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in children on mechanical ventilation: an open-label randomized controlled trial—response to comments by Saptharishi et al.
Authors: Niranjan Biswal
Parameswaran Narayanan
Rangan Srinivasaraghavan
Balasubramaniam Banupriya
Publication date: 01-06-2015
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 6/2015
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-015-3823-0

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