Chen 2013.
Methods | Two‐arm single centre randomized study |
Participants | 124 critically ill patients admitted to Department of Critical Care Medicine of Jiangxi Provincial People's Hospital from 1 May 2012 to 30 April 2013 needing mechanical ventilation. More Inclusion criteria: APACHE II > 15, at risk for IFI Exclusion criteria: patients with IFI, length of stay in ICU < 3 days, patients receiving antifungal drugs, allergy to antifungal drugs |
Interventions | One group received placebo (gastrointestinal prokinetic drug) Another group received nystatin 1000 kU three times a day via the gastric tube |
Outcomes | Candida colonization (Corrected colonization index) Incidence of candidaemia ICU stay Mortality |
Notes | We could not know the percentage of included neutropenic patients or treated with immunosuppressive therapy (information was recorded by the investigators but not reported) PubMed: 24021043 Contact: Zeng Jun, Department of Critical Care Medicine, People's Hospital of Jiangxi Province, Nanchang 330006, Jiangxi, China. Corresponding author: Zeng Jun, Email: Katherine‐cjl@163.com |