Effect of daily application of a 0.05% chlorhexidine solution on the incidence of (aspiration) pneumonia in care home residents: design of a multicentre cluster randomised controlled clinical trial

INTRODUCTION: Pneumonia is an important cause of death in care home residents. Dysphagia and poor oral health are significant risk factors for developing aspiration pneumonia. Oral hygiene care reduces the number of oral bacteria and the risk of aspiration pneumonia. However, it is not clear yet whi...

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Publicat a:BMJ Open
Autors principals: Hollaar, Vanessa, van der Maarel-Wierink, Claar, van der Putten, Gert-Jan, de Swart, Bert, de Baat, Cees
Format: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicat: BMJ Publishing Group 2015
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Dentistry and Oral Medicine
Accés en línia:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4710816/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26715476
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-007889
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