Oropharyngeal Irrigation to Prevent Ventilator-Associated-Pneumonia: Comparing Potassium Permangenate with Chlorhexidine

BACKGROUND: Pneumonia is one of the most common hospital-acquired infections among bedridden patients in Intensive Care Units (ICUs). Colonization of mouth and pharynx by pathogenic bacteria and their aspiration into the lower respiratory tract is an important step in pathogenesis of hospital-acquir...

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Autores principales: Meidani, Mohsen, Khorvash, Farzin, Abbasi, Saeed, Cheshmavar, Masoumeh, Tavakoli, Hossein
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6202778/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30450176
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_370_17

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6202778/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30450176
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijpvm.IJPVM_370_17

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