Pilot study for risk assessment of aspiration pneumonia based on oral bacteria levels and serum biomarkers

BACKGROUND: Aspiration pneumonia is a serious problem among elderly patients; it is caused by many risk factors including dysphagia, poor oral hygiene, malnutrition, and sedative medications. The aim of this study was to define a convenient procedure to objectively evaluate the risk of aspiration pn...

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Autores principales: Nishizawa, Tomotaka, Niikura, Yuichi, Akasaka, Keiichi, Watanabe, Masato, Kurai, Daisuke, Amano, Masako, Ishii, Haruyuki, Matsushima, Hidekazu, Yamashita, Naomi, Takizawa, Hajime
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6720072/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31477059
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4327-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6720072/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31477059
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-4327-2

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