Preoperative chlorhexidine mouthwash to reduce pneumonia after cardiac surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Bardia A, Blitz D, Dai F, Hersey D, Jinadasa S, Tickoo M, Schonberger RB. Preoperative chlorhexidine mouthwash to reduce pneumonia after cardiac surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal Of Thoracic And Cardiovascular Surgery 2019, 158: 1094-1100. PMID: 30826096, DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2019.01.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPreoperative chlorhexidine mouthwashChlorhexidine gluconate mouthwashPostoperative pneumoniaCardiac surgeryChlorhexidine mouthwashHealth care burdenQuality of evidenceComprehensive systematic searchRandom-effects modelPreoperative chlorhexidineRecommendations AssessmentCommon complicationPrimary outcomePreoperative protocolPatient morbidityRisk ratioPatient outcomesCare burdenReduced riskIndependent reviewersCumulative IndexPneumoniaNLM PubMedChlorhexidine gluconatePatients