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Impact of oral care with versus without toothbrushing on the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

INTRODUCTION: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) remains a common hazardous complication in mechanically ventilated patients and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. We undertook a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials to assess the effect of toothbr...

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Autores principales: Gu, Wan-Jie, Gong, Yi-Zhen, Pan, Lei, Ni, Yu-Xia, Liu, Jing-Chen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3682292/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23062250
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc11675

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