A cluster-randomized controlled trial of a multicomponent intervention protocol for pneumonia prevention among nursing home elders

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 849-857

  Juthani Mehta, Manisha ^a   Van Ness, Peter H ^a   McGloin, Joanne ^a   Argraves, Stephanie ^a   Chen, Shu ^a   Charpentier, Peter ^a   Miller, Laura ^a   Williams, Kathleen ^a   Wall, Diane ^a   Baker, Dorothy ^a   Tinetti, Mary ^a   Peduzzi, Peter ^b   Quagliarello, Vincent J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlorhexidine; Nursing homes; Oral care; Pneumonia; Prevention

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; MOUTHWASH;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL TOOTH GUM BRUSHING; MOUTH CAVITY; MOUTH HYGIENE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PILOT STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH BRUSHING; UNITED STATES; UPRIGHT FEEDING POSITIONING; VERY ELDERLY; CLINICAL TRIAL; HOME FOR THE AGED; MORTALITY; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHLORHEXIDINE; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOUTHWASHES; NURSING HOMES; PNEUMONIA; RISK FACTORS; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 84936074800     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu935     Document Type: Article

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