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SCCM Pod-113 Decontamination of the Digestive Tract

Phillip S. Barie, MD, MBA, FCCM, discusses decontamination of the digestive tract and oropharynx in an attempt to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia.  He discusses a recent article published in The New England Journal of Medicine, “Decontamination of the Digestive Tract and Oropharynx in ICU Patients.”


SCCM Pod-381 The Gut and Multiorgan Dysfunction

Margaret M. Parker, MD, MCCM, and Craig M. Coopersmith, MD, FCCM, discuss Dr. Coopersmith's talk from the 48th Critical Care Congress titled “The Gut as a Motor of Multiorgan Dysfunction in Critical Illness.” They review current research and what treatments we might see in the future. Dr. Coopersmith is professor of surgery at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.