Oral decontamination to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia: is it a sound strategy?
Dallas
John
J
St. Louis, MO.
Kollef
Marin
M
St. Louis, MO. Electronic address: mkollef@dom.wustl.edu.
D000284:Administration, Oral; D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002710:Chlorhexidine / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D003666:Decontamination; D015987:Effect Modifier, Epidemiologic; D006801:Humans; D009055:Mouth / Q000382:microbiology; D009960:Oropharynx / Q000382:microbiology; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000517:prevention & control; D053717:Pneumonia, Ventilator-Associated / Q000517:prevention & control*
D000891:Anti-Infective Agents, Local; D002710:Chlorhexidine