Pre versus post application of a 0.12% chlorhexidine based oral hygiene protocol in an Egyptian pediatric intensive care unit: Practice and effects

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
8659182	The Egyptian Journal of Critical Care Medicine	2017	5 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Adoption of a 0.12% chlorhexidine based oral hygiene regime was associated with improved outcome in pediatric intensive care unit.

Keywords

CDC IQR CHX VAP RCTs randomized control trials ICU intensive care unit Oral hygiene Pediatric Risk of Mortality confidence interval interquartile range Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Prism Risk ratio Pediatric intensive care units Ventilator-associated pneumonia Picus Chlorhexidine Intervention group control group

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Pre versus post application of a 0.12% chlorhexidine based oral hygiene protocol in an Egyptian pediatric intensive care unit: Practice and effects

Authors

Mohamed Mustafa Gomaa, Yahya Wahba, Mohammed Attia El-Bayoumi,