U.S., July 11 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07059039) titled 'Impact of Antibio Prophylaxis on Occurence of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in Trauma Patients' on July 01.
Brief Summary: The relevance of a short course of antibiotic prophylaxis for the prevention of ventilator assocaited pneumonia (VAP) in trauma patients, and its impact on bacterial ecology, remains to be clarified.
Antibiotics are often administered in the pre-hospital phase, usually in cases to traumatic lesions with high risk of secondary infection (open fractures, deteriorating wounds, etc.). If there is a potential benefit of such antibiotic prophylaxis on the risk of surgical site infection, there could also be a benef...