Oral Care Reduces Pneumonia in Older Patients in Nursing Homes
By T. Yoneyama, Mitsuyoshi Yoshida, T. Ohrui, H. Mukaiyama, H. Okamoto, Kanji Hoshiba, Shinichi Ihara, Shozo Yanagisawa, S. Ariumi, T. Morita and 6 more. Journal of The American Geriatrics Society, 2002
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Aspiration of oral secretions and their bacteria is increasingly being recognized as an important factor in pneumonia. We investigated whether oral care lowers the frequency of pneumonia in institutionalized older people.
Subfields: Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Periodontics, Speech and Hearing
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