Oral health status and development of ventilator-associated pneumonia: A descriptive study

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 453-460

  Munro, Cindy L ^a   Grap, Mary Jo ^a   Elswick Jr , R K ^a   McKinney, Jessica ^a   Sessler, Curtis N ^a   Hummel III, Russell S ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH HYGIENE; MOUTH MUCOSA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA; SECRETION; TIME; TOOTH PLAQUE; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; DENTAL PLAQUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33845242541     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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