Luciano Silvestri

Summary

Country: Italy

Publications

  1. ncbi Antifungal prophylaxis in critically ill patients
    Luciano Silvestri
    Crit Care 12:420. 2008
  2. ncbi Impact of selective decontamination of the digestive tract on multiple organ dysfunction syndrome: systematic review of randomized controlled trials
    Luciano Silvestri
    Department of Emergency, Unit of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Presidio Ospedaliero, Gorizia, Italy
    Crit Care Med 38:1370-6. 2010
  3. ncbi Prevention of MRSA pneumonia by oral vancomycin decontamination: a randomised trial
    L Silvestri
    Dept of Emergency, Unit of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Regional Hospital of Gorizia, Gorizia, Italy
    Eur Respir J 23:921-6. 2004
  4. ncbi Handwashing in the intensive care unit: a big measure with modest effects
    L Silvestri
    Emergency Department and Unit of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Presidio Ospedaliero di Gorizia, Via Vittorio Veneto 171, 34170 Gorizia, Italy
    J Hosp Infect 59:172-9. 2005
  5. ncbi Topical oropharyngeal vancomycin to control methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus lower airway infection in ventilated patients
    L Silvestri
    Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit, Emergency Department, Hospital of Gorizia, Gorizia, Italy
    Minerva Anestesiol 76:193-202. 2010
  6. ncbi Impact of selective decontamination of the digestive tract on fungal carriage and infection: systematic review of randomized controlled trials
    Luciano Silvestri
    Department of Emergency, Unit of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Presidio Ospedaliero di Gorizia, Via Vittorio Veneto 171, 34170, Gorizia, Italy
    Intensive Care Med 31:898-910. 2005
  7. ncbi Survival benefit of the full selective digestive decontamination regimen
    Luciano Silvestri
    Unit of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Department of Emergency, Presidio Ospedaliero di Gorizia, 34170 Gorizia, Italy
    J Crit Care 24:474.e7-14. 2009
  8. ncbi Selective decontamination of the digestive tract reduces bacterial bloodstream infection and mortality in critically ill patients. Systematic review of randomized, controlled trials
    L Silvestri
    Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Presidio Ospedaliero, Gorizia, Italy
    J Hosp Infect 65:187-203. 2007
  9. ncbi Enteral vancomycin to control methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus outbreak in mechanically ventilated patients
    Luciano Silvestri
    Department of Emergency, Unit of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Presidio Ospedaliero di Gorizia, Gorizia, Italy
    Am J Infect Control 30:391-9. 2002
  10. ncbi Impact of selective decontamination of the digestive tract on carriage and infection due to Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials
    L Silvestri
    Department of Emergency, Unit of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Presidio Ospedaliero di Gorizia, Gorizia, Italy
    Anaesth Intensive Care 36:324-38. 2008

Collaborators

  • Antonino Gullo
  • John C Marshall
  • Giuseppe Gatti
  • Hendrik K F van Saene
  • Marino Viviani
  • Bartolo Zingone
  • Paolo Grassi
  • Miguel-Angel De la Cal
  • Durk Freark Zandstra
  • Vladimir Damjanovic
  • Hendrick K F van Saene

Detail Information

Publications20

  1. ncbi Antifungal prophylaxis in critically ill patients
    Luciano Silvestri
    Crit Care 12:420. 2008
  2. ncbi Impact of selective decontamination of the digestive tract on multiple organ dysfunction syndrome: systematic review of randomized controlled trials
    Luciano Silvestri
    Department of Emergency, Unit of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Presidio Ospedaliero, Gorizia, Italy
    Crit Care Med 38:1370-6. 2010
    ..We examined the impact of selective decontamination of the digestive tract on multiple organ dysfunction syndrome...
  3. ncbi Prevention of MRSA pneumonia by oral vancomycin decontamination: a randomised trial
    L Silvestri
    Dept of Emergency, Unit of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Regional Hospital of Gorizia, Gorizia, Italy
    Eur Respir J 23:921-6. 2004
    ....
  4. ncbi Handwashing in the intensive care unit: a big measure with modest effects
    L Silvestri
    Emergency Department and Unit of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Presidio Ospedaliero di Gorizia, Via Vittorio Veneto 171, 34170 Gorizia, Italy
    J Hosp Infect 59:172-9. 2005
    ..A randomised clinical trial with the intensive care as randomisation unit is required to support handwashing as the cornerstone of infection control...
  5. ncbi Topical oropharyngeal vancomycin to control methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus lower airway infection in ventilated patients
    L Silvestri
    Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Unit, Emergency Department, Hospital of Gorizia, Gorizia, Italy
    Minerva Anestesiol 76:193-202. 2010
    ....
  6. ncbi Impact of selective decontamination of the digestive tract on fungal carriage and infection: systematic review of randomized controlled trials
    Luciano Silvestri
    Department of Emergency, Unit of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Presidio Ospedaliero di Gorizia, Via Vittorio Veneto 171, 34170, Gorizia, Italy
    Intensive Care Med 31:898-910. 2005
    ..To determine the impact of the antifungal component of selective decontamination of the digestive tract on fungal carriage, infection and fungaemia...
  7. ncbi Survival benefit of the full selective digestive decontamination regimen
    Luciano Silvestri
    Unit of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Department of Emergency, Presidio Ospedaliero di Gorizia, 34170 Gorizia, Italy
    J Crit Care 24:474.e7-14. 2009
    ..We assessed the impact of the full protocol of selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD) using parenteral and enteral antimicrobials on mortality...
  8. ncbi Selective decontamination of the digestive tract reduces bacterial bloodstream infection and mortality in critically ill patients. Systematic review of randomized, controlled trials
    L Silvestri
    Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Presidio Ospedaliero, Gorizia, Italy
    J Hosp Infect 65:187-203. 2007
    ..87; P=0.005), 0.30 (95% CI, 0.16-0.56; P<0.001), and 0.74 (95% CI, 0.61-0.91; P=0.0034), respectively. Twenty patients need to be treated with SDD to prevent one gram-negative bloodstream infection and 22 patients to prevent one death...
  9. ncbi Enteral vancomycin to control methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus outbreak in mechanically ventilated patients
    Luciano Silvestri
    Department of Emergency, Unit of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Presidio Ospedaliero di Gorizia, Gorizia, Italy
    Am J Infect Control 30:391-9. 2002
    ..CONCLUSIONS: The eradication of MRSA gut carriage by enteral vancomycin in a small subset of ICU patients was effective in the control of an MRSA outbreak...
  10. ncbi Impact of selective decontamination of the digestive tract on carriage and infection due to Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials
    L Silvestri
    Department of Emergency, Unit of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Presidio Ospedaliero di Gorizia, Gorizia, Italy
    Anaesth Intensive Care 36:324-38. 2008
    ..This meta-analysis confirms that selective digestive decontamination mainly targets Gram-negative bacteria; it does not show a significant increase in Gram-positive infection...
  11. ncbi Adult hospital and ventilator-associated pneumonia guidelines: eminence- rather than evidence-based
    Luciano Silvestri
    Am J Respir Crit Care Med 173:131-3; author reply 133. 2006
  12. ncbi Selective decontamination of the digestive tract and ventilator-associated pneumonia (part 1)
    Luciano Silvestri
    Respir Care 51:67-9; author reply 70-2. 2006
  13. ncbi Guidelines for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in the trauma patient
    Luciano Silvestri
    J Trauma 62:1062-4; author reply 1064-5. 2007
  14. ncbi Selective decontamination of the digestive tract and ventilator-associated pneumonia (part 2)
    Hendrik K F van Saene
    Respir Care 51:72-5; author reply 75. 2006
  15. ncbi Topical chlorhexidine and ventilator-associated pneumonia
    Luciano Silvestri
    Crit Care Med 35:2468. 2007
  16. ncbi Critical illness polyneuropathy. Regression following cardiac operation
    Giuseppe Gatti
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti di Trieste, Ospedale di Cattinara, Strada di Fiume, 447 34100 Trieste, Italy
    Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg 6:419-20. 2007
    ..This case report should make this disease known also as a preoperative condition that may regress following a successful cardiac operation...
  17. ncbi Selective decontamination of the digestive tract and ventilator-associated pneumonia: we cannot let misinformation go uncorrected
    Luciano Silvestri
    J Intensive Care Med 22:181-2; author reply 183. 2007
  18. ncbi Surviving Sepsis Campaign needed consensus to exclude selective decontamination of the digestive tract
    Luciano Silvestri
    Crit Care Med 36:2716-7. 2008
  19. ncbi Surviving Sepsis Campaign Guidelines: selective decontamination of the digestive tract still neglected
    Marino Viviani
    Crit Care Med 33:462-3; author reply 463-4. 2005
  20. ncbi Selective decontamination of the digestive tract does not increase resistance in critically ill patients: evidence from randomized controlled trials
    Luciano Silvestri
    Crit Care Med 34:2027-9; author reply 2029-30. 2006