Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Kinetic bed therapy to prevent nosocomial pneumonia in mechanically ventilated patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. | Available online http content 10 3 R70 Research Kinetic bed therapy to prevent nosocomial pneumonia in mechanically ventilated patients a systematic review and meta-analysis Anthony Delaney1 2 Hilary Gray3 Kevin B Laupland4 5 6 and Danny J Zuege4 6 intensive Care Unit Royal North Shore Hospital Sydney NSW Australia 2Northern Clinical School University of Sydney St Leonards NSW Australia 3Department of Rehabilitation and Specialized Clinical Services Calgary Health Region Calgary Alberta Canada 4Department of Critical Care Medicine University of Calgary Calgary Alberta Canada 5Department of Community Health Sciences University of Calgary Calgary Alberta Canada 6Department of Medicine University of Calgary Calgary Alberta Canada Corresponding author Anthony Delaney adelaney@ Received 19 Jan 2006 Revisions requested 16 Mar 2006 Revisions received 27 Mar 2006 Accepted 6 Apr 2006 Published 9 May 2006 Critical Care 2006 10 R70 doi cc4912 This article is online at http content 10 3 R70 2006 Delaney et al. licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Open Access Abstract Introduction Nosocomial pneumonia is the most important infectious complication in patients admitted to intensive care units. Kinetic bed therapy may reduce the incidence of nosocomial pneumonia in mechanically ventilated patients. The objective of this study was to investigate whether kinetic bed therapy reduces the incidence of nosocomial pneumonia and improves outcomes in critically ill mechanically ventilated patients. Methods We searched Medline EMBASE CINAHL CENTRAL and AMED for studies as well as reviewed abstracts of conference proceedings bibliographies of included studies and review articles and contacted