Table 5.

 Other aspects of included trials on effect of selective oropharyngeal decontamination (SOD) for prevention of death in adults in intensive care

	Topical drugs	Control group	Accrual period	Population	Place study undertaken	Projected ventilator or ICU time	Timing of outcome
Bergmans44	Gentamicin, Polymyxin, Vancomycin / QDS	Placebo	Sep 1994-Dec 1996	Mixed ICU, all ventilated	Multiple sites (3), Netherlands	>48 hr of mechanical ventilation	ICU discharge
Pugin45	Polymyxin, Neomycin, Vancomycin / 4 hourly	Placebo	Apr-Nov 1989	Surgical ICU, all ventilated	Geneva, Switzerland	>48 hr of intubation	Hospital discharge
Rios46	Polymyxin, Gentamicin / TDS	Placebo	Uncertain	Uncertain	Buenos Aires, Argentina	>4 days of mechanical ventilation	Unclear