Effects of a standard versus comprehensive oral care protocol among intubated neuroscience ICU patients: Results of a randomized controlled trial

Journal of Neuroscience Nursing

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 134-146

  Prendergast, Virginia ^a,b   Jakobsson, Ulf ^b   Renvert, Stefan ^c,d,e   Hallberg, Ingalill Rahm ^b  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASE; MOUTH HYGIENE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; TOOTH BRUSHING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY EXTUBATION; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; ORAL HYGIENE; TOOTHBRUSHING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864530840     PISSN: 08880395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JNN.0b013e3182510688     Document Type: Article

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