What is new in selective decontamination of the digestive tract?

Selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD) and selective oropharyngeal decontamination (SOD) are among the few interventions in intensive care medicine that have been shown to improve patient survival, but their use is limited to a minority of European intensive care units (ICUs) (Tables 1, ​,2)2) [1]. Table 1 Large studies comparing SDD and SOD Table 2 Post hoc analyses and secondary studies on SDD and...