The effect of chlorhexidine in reducing oral colonisation in geriatric patients: a randomised controlled trial
INTRODUCTION Inadequate oral care has been implicated in the development of aspiration pneumonia in frail geriatric patients and is a major cause of mortality, due to the colonisation of microbes in vulnerable patients. This type of pneumonia has been associated with an increase in respiratory patho...
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2016
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