Oral hygiene with chlorhexidine in critically ill patients—reply

Affiliations

¹ Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts2Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland4Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland5Department of Health Policy and Managemen.

Comment

Michael Klompas et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Feb.

. 2015 Feb;175(2):316-7.

doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.7020.

¹ Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts2Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland4Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland5Department of Health Policy and Managemen.

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Reappraisal of routine oral care with chlorhexidine gluconate for patients receiving mechanical ventilation: systematic review and meta-analysis.
Klompas M, Speck K, Howell MD, Greene LR, Berenholtz SM. Klompas M, et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2014 May;174(5):751-61. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.359. JAMA Intern Med. 2014. PMID: 24663255
Oral hygiene with chlorhexidine in critically ill patients.
Sands KM, Twigg JA, Wise MP. Sands KM, et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Feb;175(2):316. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.7174. JAMA Intern Med. 2015. PMID: 25642676 No abstract available.