Probiotics for Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

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Probiotics for Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Ilias I. Siempos, MD, Theodora K. Ntaidou, MD CHEST Volume 143, Issue 4, Pages 1185-1186 (April 2013) DOI: 10.1378/chest.12-2506 Copyright © 2013 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials evaluating the effects of probiotics on the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia. Vertical line=“no difference” point between the two regimens; ▪=OR (the size of each square denotes the proportion of information given by each trial); ⋄=pooled OR for all randomized controlled trials; horizontal lines=95% CI. df=degrees of freedom. CHEST 2013 143, 1185-1186DOI: (10.1378/chest.12-2506) Copyright © 2013 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions