Endotracheally administered gentamicin for the prevention of infections of the respiratory tract in patients with tracheostomy: a double-blind study

MeSH terms

• Adult
• Bacteria / drug effects
• Bacterial Infections / diagnostic imaging
• Bacterial Infections / prevention & control*
• Clinical Trials as Topic
• Drug Resistance, Microbial
• Female
• Gentamicins / administration & dosage*
• Gentamicins / therapeutic use
• Humans
• Inhalation
• Injections
• Intubation, Intratracheal
• Leukocyte Count
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Placebos
• Proteins
• Proteus Infections / prevention & control
• Pseudomonas Infections / diagnostic imaging
• Pseudomonas Infections / prevention & control
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa / drug effects
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa / isolation & purification
• Radiography
• Respiratory Tract Infections / diagnostic imaging
• Respiratory Tract Infections / microbiology
• Respiratory Tract Infections / prevention & control*
• Sodium Chloride / administration & dosage
• Sputum / microbiology
• Trachea / metabolism
• Tracheotomy*
• Urinary Tract Infections / prevention & control
• Urine / microbiology