Effect of Oropharyngeal Povidone-Iodine Preventive Oral Care on Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Severely Brain-Injured or Cerebral Hemorrhage Patients

Abstract

There is no evidence to recommend oral care with povidone-iodine to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia in high-risk patients. Furthermore, this strategy seems to increase the rate of acute respiratory distress syndrome.