Preintubation application of oral chlorhexidine does not provide additional benefit in prevention of early-onset ventilator-associated pneumonia

Chest

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 328-334

  Munro, Cindy L ^a   Grap, Mary Jo ^b   Sessler, Curtis N ^b   Elswick, Ronald K ^b   Mangar, Devanand ^c   Karlnoski Everall, Rachel ^c   Cairns, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TAMPA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; CHLORHEXIDINE; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ADULT; APACHE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL PULMONARY INFECTION SCORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OROPHARYNX; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; CHLORHEXIDINE; DISINFECTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; OROPHARYNX; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED;

EID: 84928338440     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.14-0692     Document Type: Article

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