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Aerosolized antibiotics enhance the efficacy of systemic antibiotics when added as adjuvants.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Aim:<\/jats:title>\n The primary objective of the study was to compare the clinical and bacteriological outcome of patients with VAP who were administered intravenous (IV) antibiotics alone with those patients who were treated with adjunctive nebulized colistin (NC) along with IV antibiotics. The secondary objective was to study the occurrence of any adverse events during colistin nebulization.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Settings and Design:<\/jats:title>\n The study was a prospective, randomized, double-blinded controlled study conducted at a tertiary-care teaching institution.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Materials and Methods:<\/jats:title>\n Ninety-eight children from surgical ICU aged less than 12 years who were diagnosed with VAP due to gram negative bacteria following cardiac surgery were chosen and divided randomly into two groups. The experimental group (NC group) was treated with systemic antibiotics along with NC, whereas the control group (NS group) was administered systemic antibiotics with nebulized normal saline (NS). Clinical and bacteriological outcomes were noted. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS Version 20.0 software. 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