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A M G A de Smet

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Articles 8
Citations 305
Followers 0
Related Specialties
General Medicine
Infectious Diseases
General Surgery
Top 10 Co-Authors
M J M Bonten
E de Jonge
L P H J Aarts
J A J W Kluytmans
J P Arends
J C A Joore
E M Mascini
J G van der Hoeven
A J G H Bindels
N L Plantinga
Published In
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd
J Hosp Infect
N Engl J Med
Clin Microbiol Infect
Br J Surg
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Recent Articles
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Selective digestive and oropharyngeal decontamination in medical and surgical ICU patients: individual patient data meta-analysis
Plantinga N, de Smet A, Oostdijk E, de Jonge E, Camus C, Krueger W, et al.
Clin Microbiol Infect . 2017 Sep; 24(5):505-513. PMID: 28870727
Objectives: Selective digestive decontamination (SDD) and selective oropharyngeal decontamination (SOD) improved intensive care unit (ICU), hospital and 28-day survival in ICUs with low levels of antibiotic resistance. Yet it is...
2.
Burden of highly resistant microorganisms in a Dutch intensive care unit
Aardema H, Arends J, de Smet A, Zijlstra J
Neth J Med . 2015 May; 73(4):169-74. PMID: 25968288
Background: The occurrence of highly resistant microorganisms (HRMOs) is a major threat to critical care patients, leading to worse outcomes, need for isolation measures, and demand for second-line or rescue...
3.
Selective decontamination of the oral and digestive tract in surgical versus non-surgical patients in intensive care in a cluster-randomized trial
Melsen W, de Smet A, Kluytmans J, Bonten M
Br J Surg . 2011 Oct; 99(2):232-7. PMID: 22021072
Background: Selective digestive decontamination (SDD) and selective oropharyngeal decontamination (SOD) are effective in improving survival in patients under intensive care. In this study possible differential effects in surgical and non-surgical...
4.
Decontamination of the digestive tract and oropharynx in ICU patients
de Smet A, Kluytmans J, Cooper B, Mascini E, Benus R, van der Werf T, et al.
N Engl J Med . 2009 Jan; 360(1):20-31. PMID: 19118302
Background: Selective digestive tract decontamination (SDD) and selective oropharyngeal decontamination (SOD) are infection-prevention measures used in the treatment of some patients in intensive care, but reported effects on patient outcome...
5.
[Less ventilator-associated pneumonia after oral decontamination with chlorhexidine; a randomised trial]
Koeman M, van der Ven A, Hak E, Joore J, Kaasjager H, de Smet A, et al.
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd . 2008 May; 152(13):752-9. PMID: 18461894
Objective: To determine the effect of oral decontamination with either chlorhexidine (CHX, 2%) or the combination chlorhexidine-colistin (CHX-COL, 2%-2%) on the frequency and the time to onset of ventilator-associated pneumonia...
6.
Accumulation of oral antibiotics as an adverse effect of selective decontamination of the digestive tract: a series of three cases
Smit M, van der Spoel J, de Smet A, de Jonge E, Kuiper R, van Lieshout E
Intensive Care Med . 2007 Jul; 33(11):2025-6. PMID: 17622511
No abstract available.
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[Mechanical ventilation in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS): lung protecting strategies for improved alveolar recruitment]
Schultz M, van Zanten A, de Smet A, Kesecioglu J
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd . 2003 Mar; 147(8):327-31. PMID: 12661116
For patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) the most important objective of mechanical ventilation is opening and keeping open the alveoli to achieve adequate oxygenation, without further damaging the...
8.
Outbreak of a susceptible strain of Acinetobacter species 13 (sensu Tjernberg and Ursing) in an adult neurosurgical intensive care unit
Van Dessel H, Kamp-Hopmans T, Fluit A, Brisse S, de Smet A, Dijkshoorn L, et al.
J Hosp Infect . 2002 Jul; 51(2):89-95. PMID: 12090795
Between December 1999 and June 2000, an outbreak caused by Acinetobacter emerged on the neurosurgical intensive care unit of our hospital. It was shown using automated ribotyping using Eco RI...