Impact of improvement in preoperative oral health on nosocomial pneumonia in a group of cardiac surgery patients: A single arm prospective intervention study

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-31

  Bergan, Eduardo H ^a,b,d   Tura, Bernardo R ^a,b   Lamas, Cristiane C ^a,b,c,e  

^a Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^c Universidade do Grande Rio   (Brazil)

^d Flamengo ^*  (Brazil)

^e Flamengo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgical procedure; Chlorhexidine; Dentures; Oral hygiene; Tongue; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DENTIST; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOUTH EXAMINATION; MOUTH HYGIENE; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PNEUMONIA; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS INFECTION; DENTAL CARE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HYGIENE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84891026739     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-013-3049-y     Document Type: Article

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