Impact of oral care with versus without toothbrushing on the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Critical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Gu, Wan Jie ^a   Gong, Yi Zhen ^a   Pan, Lei ^b   Ni, Yu Xia ^a   Liu, Jing Chen ^a  

^a FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EMBASE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; MOUTH HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOOTH BRUSHING; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PROCEDURES; TRENDS;

HUMANS; ORAL HYGIENE; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 84867305220     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc11675     Document Type: Article

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