Oral hygiene with chlorhexidine in critically ill patients

JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Feb;175(2):316. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.7174.

Authors

Kirsty M Sands¹, Joshua A Twigg², Matt P Wise³

Affiliations

¹ Tissue Engineering and Reparative Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales.
² Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales.
³ Adult Critical Care, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, Wales.

PMID: 25642676
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.7174

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Anti-Infective Agents, Local / therapeutic use*
Antibiotic Prophylaxis*
Chlorhexidine / analogs & derivatives*
Humans
Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / prevention & control*
Respiration, Artificial / adverse effects*

Substances

Anti-Infective Agents, Local
Chlorhexidine