Although numerous uncertainties remain (type and the number of strains to use, delay and length of administration), and despite an acceptable safety profile, the daily prophylactic administration of probiotics cannot be encouraged in the critically ill patient.

Rapid SVTA was a cause of SCA, either by cardiovascular collapse or by the degeneration in VT or VF. The complication generally occurred in patients with advanced HD or with rapid SVTA-induced cardiomyopathy and rarely in patients without HD. The incidence of SVTA as the only cause or the facilitating cause of SCAs is probably underestimated, because it is difficult to prove.

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