Hydration and nosocomial pneumonia: Killing two birds with one stone (a toothbrush)

Rehabilitation Nursing

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 47-50

  Farrell, James J ^a   Petrik, Sarah C ^a  

^a Baptist Hospital East   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Oral care; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

EID: 63349097264     PISSN: 02784807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2048-7940.2009.tb00247.x     Document Type: Article

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