Oral care in the adult intensive care unit

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 314-318

  Fitch, Julie A ^a   Munro, Cindy L ^b   Glass, Connie A ^a   Pellegrini, Joan M ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INTENSIVE CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH HYGIENE; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTENSIVE CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORAL HYGIENE; ORAL HYGIENE INDEX;

EID: 0033192424     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc1999.8.5.314     Document Type: Article

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