Probiotics for the Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials.

Huzaifa Ahmad CheemaAbia ShahidMuhammad AyyanBiah MustafaAfra ZahidMaurish FatimaMuhammad EhsanFarwa AtharNatalie DuricTamás Szakmany

Published in: Nutrients (2022)

Probiotics may reduce the incidence of VAP but due to the low quality of pooled evidence, the use of probiotics warrants caution. Further, large-scale, high-quality RCTs need to be conducted to provide conclusive evidence.

Keyphrases

risk factors
clinical trial
intensive care unit
quality improvement
study protocol
open label