Reappraisal of Routine Oral Care With Chlorhexidine Gluconate for Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation

Klompas, Michael; Speck, Kathleen; D. Howell, Michael; Greene, Linda; M. Berenholtz, Sean

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.359

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Reappraisal of Routine Oral Care With Chlorhexidine Gluconate for Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation

Published in JAMA Internal Medicine • Mar 25, 2014

Authors:

Michael Klompas

Kathleen Speck

Michael D. Howell

Abstract

IMPORTANCE: Regular oral care with chlorhexidine gluconate is standard of care for patients receiving mechanical ventilation in most hospitals. This policy is predicated on meta-analyses suggesting decreased risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia, but these meta-analyses may be misleading because o...

Subject

Medicine

Mechanical ventilation

Ventilator-associated pneumonia

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