Ventilator-associated pneumonia with or without toothbrushing: A randomized controlled trial

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2621-2629

  Lorente, L ^a   Lecuona, M ^a   Jimenez A ^a   Palmero, S ^a   Pastor, E ^a   Lafuente, N ^a   Ramos, M J ^a   Mora, M L ^a   Sierra, A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; METICILLIN;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORGANELLA MORGANII; MOUTH HYGIENE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; TOOTH BRUSHING; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CHLORHEXIDINE; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TOOTHBRUSHING; TRACHEA;

EID: 84869099740     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-012-1605-y     Document Type: Article

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