Importance of a registered and structured protocol when conducting systematic reviews: comments about nebulized antibiotics for ventilator-associated pneumonia

Fernando G Zampieri; Antonio P Nassar Jr; Dimitri Gusmao-Flores; Leandro U Taniguchi; Antoni Torres; Otavio T Ranzani

doi:10.1186/s13054-015-1020-8

Importance of a registered and structured protocol when conducting systematic reviews: comments about nebulized antibiotics for ventilator-associated pneumonia

Crit Care. 2015 Aug 20;19(1):298. doi: 10.1186/s13054-015-1020-8.

Authors

Fernando G Zampieri^{1

2

3}, Antonio P Nassar Jr^{4

5

6}, Dimitri Gusmao-Flores^{7

8}, Leandro U Taniguchi^{9

10}, Antoni Torres¹¹, Otavio T Ranzani^{12

13

14

15}

Affiliations

¹ Cooperative Network for Research-AMIB-Net, Associação de Medicina Intensiva Brasileira, Rua Arminda, 93, 7 andar, São Paulo, 04545-100, Brazil. fgzampieri@gmail.com.
² Emergency Medicine Discipline, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Rua Dr. Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 255, 5th floor, room 5023, São Paulo, 05403-010, Brazil. fgzampieri@gmail.com.
³ Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Alemão Oswaldo Cruz, Rua João Julião, 331, São Paulo, 01323-903, Brazil. fgzampieri@gmail.com.
⁴ Cooperative Network for Research-AMIB-Net, Associação de Medicina Intensiva Brasileira, Rua Arminda, 93, 7 andar, São Paulo, 04545-100, Brazil. paulo_nassar@yahoo.com.br.
⁵ Emergency Medicine Discipline, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Rua Dr. Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 255, 5th floor, room 5023, São Paulo, 05403-010, Brazil. paulo_nassar@yahoo.com.br.
⁶ Adult Intensive Care Unit, A.C. Camargo Cancer Center, Rua Professor Antônio Prudente, 211, São Paulo, 01509-010, Brazil. paulo_nassar@yahoo.com.br.
⁷ Cooperative Network for Research-AMIB-Net, Associação de Medicina Intensiva Brasileira, Rua Arminda, 93, 7 andar, São Paulo, 04545-100, Brazil. dimitrigusmao@gmail.com.
⁸ Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital Prof. Edgar Santos, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Rua Augusto Viana, Salvador, 40110-910, Brazil. dimitrigusmao@gmail.com.
⁹ Emergency Medicine Discipline, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Rua Dr. Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 255, 5th floor, room 5023, São Paulo, 05403-010, Brazil. leandro.taniguchi@gmail.com.
¹⁰ Research and Education Institute (IEP), Hospital Sirio-Libanes, Rua Prof. Daher Cutait, 69, São Paulo, 01308-060, Brazil. leandro.taniguchi@gmail.com.
¹¹ Department of Pulmonology, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Institut D'investigacions August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Ciber de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Carrer Villarroel, 170, Barcelona, 08036, Spain. atorres@clinic.ub.es.
¹² Cooperative Network for Research-AMIB-Net, Associação de Medicina Intensiva Brasileira, Rua Arminda, 93, 7 andar, São Paulo, 04545-100, Brazil. otavioranzani@yahoo.com.br.
¹³ Department of Pulmonology, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, Institut D'investigacions August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Ciber de Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), Carrer Villarroel, 170, Barcelona, 08036, Spain. otavioranzani@yahoo.com.br.
¹⁴ Amil Critical Care Group, Hospital Paulistano, Rua Martiniano de Carvalho, 741, São Paulo, 01321-001, Brazil. otavioranzani@yahoo.com.br.
¹⁵ Respiratory Intensive Care Unit, Pulmonary Division, Heart Institute, Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo, Av. Dr. Arnaldo, 455 Laboratório de Pneumologia, 2° andar, sala 2144, Cerqueira César, 01246903, Sao Paulo, Brazil. otavioranzani@yahoo.com.br.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage*
Humans
Nebulizers and Vaporizers*
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / drug therapy*
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / etiology*
Respiration, Artificial / adverse effects*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents