No decrease in early ventilator-associated pneumonia after early use of chlorhexidine

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 173-177

  Wong, Terrence ^a   Schlichting, Adam B ^a   Stoltze, Andrew J ^a   Fuller, Brian M ^b   Peacock, Amanda ^a   Harland, Kari K ^a   Ahmed, Azeemuddin ^a   Mohr, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME FACTOR;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AIR AMBULANCES; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CHLORHEXIDINE; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84960423611     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2016823     Document Type: Article

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