Preventing Aspiration in the Nursing Home: The Role of Biofilm and Data from the ICU

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-77

  Drinka, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspiration pneumonia; nursing home; prevention

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; MOSAPRIDE CITRATE; PERINDOPRIL; SORBITOL; TETRACYCLINE; XYLITOL;

ACID ASPIRATION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BIOFILM; BRONCHIECTASIS; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COATED TONGUE; COUGHING; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG PENETRATION; DYSPHAGIA; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MOUTH HYGIENE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT MOBILITY; PERIODONTITIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK REDUCTION; STOMACH ACID SECRETION; STOMACH CONTENT; STOMACH EMPTYING; SWALLOWING; TOOTH PLAQUE;

EID: 73249130824     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.03.020     Document Type: Article

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