Bacteria From Patient’s Dental Plaque Causes Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
Patients admitted to a hospital’s intensive care unit (ICU) already are seriously ill, so the last thing they need is a new infection. Unfortunately, statistics show that as many as 25 percent of all patients admitted to the ICU and placed on ventilators develop pneumonia, which can be fatal. [click link for full article]
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Filed under: Dentistry on April 5th, 2007