Role of oral care to prevent VAP in mechanically ventilated Intensive Care Unit patients

Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) is the most common nosocomial infection in Intensive Care Unit. One major factor causing VAP is the aspiration of oral colonization because of poor oral care practices. We feel the role of simple measure like oral care is neglected, despite the ample evidence of...

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Autores principales: Gupta, A, Singh, TK, Saxsena, A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4760051/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26955317
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1658-354X.169484
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description Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) is the most common nosocomial infection in Intensive Care Unit. One major factor causing VAP is the aspiration of oral colonization because of poor oral care practices. We feel the role of simple measure like oral care is neglected, despite the ample evidence of it being instrumental in preventing VAP.
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spelling pubmed-47600512016-03-07 Role of oral care to prevent VAP in mechanically ventilated Intensive Care Unit patients Gupta, A Gupta, A Singh, TK Saxsena, A Saudi J Anaesth Review Article Ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) is the most common nosocomial infection in Intensive Care Unit. One major factor causing VAP is the aspiration of oral colonization because of poor oral care practices. We feel the role of simple measure like oral care is neglected, despite the ample evidence of it being instrumental in preventing VAP. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4760051/ /pubmed/26955317 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1658-354X.169484 Text en Copyright: © 2016 Saudi Journal of Anesthesia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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