In adult patients in an intensive care unit who are intubated (P), how does the use of chlorohexidine mouth wash (I), compared to regular mouth wash (C), reduce the prevalence of ventilator associated pneumonia (O), during the time the patient is intubated (T)?
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PICOT question.
* Adult patients who are intubated in an intensive care unit (P) how does
the use of chlorohexidine mount wash (I) compared to regular mouth wash
(C) to reduce the prevalence of ventilator associated pneumonia (O) during
the time period in which patients are intubated (T)?
In adult patients in an intensive care unit who are intubated (P), how does the use...
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