Chlorhexidine mouthwash reduces halitosis in surgical patients, but is it worth the risk?

Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2024 Feb:80:103563. doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2023.103563. Epub 2023 Oct 22.

Authors

Gregor Schittek¹, Stijn Blot²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria. Electronic address: gregor.schittek@medunigraz.at.
² Department of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. Electronic address: stijn.blot@UGent.be.

PMID: 37875047
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2023.103563

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Chlorhexidine* / adverse effects
Halitosis*
Humans
Mouthwashes / therapeutic use

Substances

Chlorhexidine
Mouthwashes