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Intensive Care Medicine
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 12/2007

01-12-2007 | Correspondence

Oral care practices in critical care unit

Authors: Jordi Rello, Stijn Blot, Alejandro Rodríguez

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 12/2007

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Excerpt

Sir: I appreciate the comments by Wise and Cole with regard to our article [1] evaluating oral care practices in intensive care units. The question of whether better cleaning of the oral cavity may help to reduce nosocomial infections is indeed intriguing; however, this is expert opinion. It remains unclear whether small brushes, normal brushes, or electrical brushes are equivalent. A randomized clinical trial is ongoing in our department to clarify this issue. …
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Rello J, Koulenti D, Blot S, Sierra R, Diaz E, De Waele JJ, Macor A, Agbaht K, Rodriguez A (2007) Oral care practices in intensive care units: a survey of 59 European ICUs. Intensive Care Med 33:1066–1070PubMedCrossRef
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Masterton R, Craven D, Rello J, Struelens M, Frimodt-Moller N, Chastre J, Ortqvist A, Cornaglia G, Lode H, Giamarellou H, Bonten MJ, Eraksoy H, Davey P (2007) Hospital-acquired pneumonia guidelines in Europe: a review of their status and future development. J Antimicrob Chemother 60:206–213PubMedCrossRef
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Metadata
Title
Oral care practices in critical care unit
Authors
Jordi Rello
Stijn Blot
Alejandro Rodríguez
Publication date
01-12-2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 12/2007
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-007-0873-y

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