Dirty Mouth? Should You Clean It Out? Decontamination for the Prevention of Pneumonia and Mortality in the ICU

Overview

Journal Crit Care

Specialty Critical Care

Date 2010 Jul 1

PMID 20587083

Citations 2

Authors

Adeel B Shibli

Eric B Milbrandt

Marie Baldisseri

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