Impact of daily bathing with chlorhexidine gluconate on ventilator associated pneumonia in intensive care units: A meta-analysis

Journal of Thoracic Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 746-753

  Chen, Wensen ^a   Cao, Quan ^a   Li, Songqin ^a   Li, Huifen ^a   Zhang, Weihong ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chlorhexidine; Relative risk (RR); Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP)

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MECHANICAL VENTILATOR; META ANALYSIS; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 84928535880     PISSN: 20721439     EISSN: 20776624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2015.04.21     Document Type: Article

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