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In today's fast-paced world, it's tough to find the time to read. But with Joosr guides, you can get the key insights from bestselling non-fiction titles in less than 20 minutes. Whether you want to gain knowledge on the go or find the books you'll love, Joosr's brief and accessible eBook summaries fit into your life. Find out more at joosr.com. We may think we know all we need to know about our guts, never sparing it a second thought. But when we look closer, we find a fascinating organ that controls the state of our bodies and brains. There's a world of information you never knew about your gut-until now. Gut is a revealing look inside one of the body's most remarkable organs. Often ignored, the gut has been the secret home of undiscovered fascinating information for years. However, new studies are bringing to light exciting new findings you'll have to see to believe. There's an efficient, powerful machine inside you, and Gut will tell you just how it works. You will learn: · How over 3 trillion microbes survive within your gut · Why you may experience nausea on plane trips · How the stomach can use signals to control the brain's emotions, thoughts and memories.

More than 20 years ago it was recognized by Stoutenbeek and colleagues that patients in the intensive care unit suffered from infections developed whilst being treated. Moreover, the majority of these infections appeared to originate from bacteria that were acquired in the intensive care leading to pathologic colonisation and overgrowth in the gut, subsequently leading to organ site infections. Selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD) is an antibiotic strategy which aims to prevent secondary infections in critically ill patients. This book provides both the scientific rationale and the practical approach to nurses, physicians, pharmacists and microbiologists to design a SDD treatment strategy tailored to each individual patient and the local hospital situation.