Antibiotic Treatment in Ventilator Associated Tracheobronchitis (VAT)

Summary

Mechanically Ventilated patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) often present with fever, and purulent sputum, but without radiological evidence of pneumonia. These patients may have tracheobronchitis. Some suspect that this condition precedes the development of pneumonia. Antibiotic treatment in tracheobronchitis is controversial. The investigators will recruit patients with tracheobronchitis and randomize them into 2 groups. One group will be treated with antibiotics and the other group will serve as control.

Timeline

Start

2009-09

Primary completion

2010-09

Completion

2011-09

Drugs

Indications