Effect of daily application of a 0.05% chlorhexidine solution on the incidence of (aspiration) pneumonia in care home residents: design of a multicentre cluster randomised controlled clinical trial

INTRODUCTION: Pneumonia is an important cause of death in care home residents. Dysphagia and poor oral health are significant risk factors for developing aspiration pneumonia. Oral hygiene care reduces the number of oral bacteria and the risk of aspiration pneumonia. However, it is not clear yet whi...

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Autores principales: Hollaar, Vanessa, van der Maarel-Wierink, Claar, van der Putten, Gert-Jan, de Swart, Bert, de Baat, Cees
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2015
Materias:
Dentistry and Oral Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4710816/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26715476
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-007889

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