Prophylactic oral health procedures to prevent hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia: A systematic review

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 452-464

  El Rabbany, Mohamed ^a   Zaghlol, Noha ^b   Bhandari, Mohit ^c   Azarpazhooh, Amir ^a,d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aspiration pneumonia; Dentistry; Hospital acquired pneumonia; Oral health; Oral prophylaxis; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH; HUMAN; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED;

CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; ORAL HEALTH; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED;

EID: 84919474743     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2014.07.010     Document Type: Review

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