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doi: 10.1136/ebn.10.1.19.
Oral decontamination with chlorhexidine reduced ventilator associated pneumonia in patients needing mechanical ventilation for >/=48 hours
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Oral decontamination with chlorhexidine reduced ventilator associated pneumonia in patients needing mechanical ventilation for >/=48 hours
Evid Based Nurs.
2007 Jan.
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Oral decontamination with chlorhexidine reduces the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia.Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2006 Jun 15;173(12):1348-55. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200505-820OC. Epub 2006 Apr 7. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2006. PMID: 16603609 Clinical Trial.
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