Inching Toward the Goal: Does Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract Have a Benefit for Patients on Mechanical Ventilation?

The article discusses two studies on selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD) in patients receiving mechanical ventilation to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia. The first study, led by Dr. Marc Bonten , published in the "Journal of the American Medical Association ".The second study, led by Dr. John W. Pickering, published in the "Annals of Internal Medicine" in 2020. It says that both the studies did not provide a clear answer on the universal adoption of SDD.