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Oral care and pulmonary infection - the importance of plaque scoring
Improving the quality of oral hygiene is recognised as an important counter measure for reducing the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia amongst critically ill patients. Toothbrushing physically disrupts the dental plaque that acts as a reservoir for pulmonary infection and therefore has th...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2013
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4057031/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23302185 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc11896 |