Oral Care and Mortality in Older Adults with Pneumonia in Hospitals or Nursing Homes: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 2109-2115

  Sjögren, Petteri ^a   Wårdh, Inger ^b   Zimmerman, Mikael ^a   Almståhl, Annica ^c   Wikström, Maude ^b,c  

^a Oral Care AB   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

dentistry; elderly; nursing home; pneumonia; systematic review

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DENTAL ASSISTANT; HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; MOUTH HYGIENE; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CROSS INFECTION; DENTISTRY; HEALTH; HOME FOR THE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; CROSS INFECTION; DENTISTRY; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; ORAL HEALTH; PNEUMONIA; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84992153298     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.14260     Document Type: Article

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