Oral decontamination techniques and ventilator-associated pneumonia.

Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is one of the major nosocomial infections in the intensive care unit (ICU), contributing to increased mortality and morbidity. Studies have shown that oral decontamination through the use of mechanical and pharmacological agents significantly reduces the inciden...

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Publicado en:British Journal of Nursing Vol. 26; no. 11; pp. 594 - 600
Autores principales: Chacko, Ranjitha, Rajan, Amala, Lionel, Prabha, Thilagavathi, M, Yadav, Bijesh, Premkumar, Jeyarani
Formato: algorithm research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article
Publicado: Mark Allen Holdings Limited 6/8/2017
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