Uso de clorhexidina en la prevención de la neumonía asociada a ventilación mecánica en pacientes en UCI

Abstract

The pneumonia itself is already a serious condition where it becomes more complex when comes to critical patients who are under mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit. From this has emerged the significant search forstrategies that can prevent pneumonia associated with mechanical ventilation (NAVM). It has been identified that a broad-spectrum antiseptic agent such as Chlorhexidine (CHX) can reduce the colonization of antimicrobial agents and thus prevent the bacterial load of patients who are with mechanical ventilation. Through different systemic reviews with analysis of clinical data and medical practices in health personnel that support the use of this antiseptic, we have oriented ourselves to address the use of chlorhexidine as a promising measure to reduce the incidence of the NAVM.