Oral - Dental Care : A 48 - Month Study Reducing Ventilator - Associated Pneumonia Through Advanced
نویسندگان
چکیده
Personal use only. For copyright permission information: Published online http://www.ajcconline.org © 2009 American Association of Critical-Care Nurses doi: 10.4037/ajcc2009311 Prepublished AJCC OnlineFirst July 27, 2009; Majumder Robert Garcia, Linda Jendresky, Larry Colbert, Althea Bailey, Mohammed Zaman and Mujbur Oral-Dental Care: A 48-Month Study Reducing Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Through Advanced
منابع مشابه
بروز پنومونی مرتبط با تهویه مکانیکی و عوامل خطر مرتبط با آن در بخشهای مراقبت ویژه
Background: Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia is the most important cause of mortality of nosocomial infections. Still incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia and its related risk factors in routine nursing care in the intensive care unit has not been studied. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of Ventilator-Associated in intensive care units and its relationship with risk ...
متن کاملNurses’ knowledge of evidence- based guidelines for preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia in intensive care units
Background and Purpose: Implementing the guidelines to prevent VAP has been shown to have a significant effect on reducing the incidence of VAP. Studies indicate that ICU staff have poor knowledge and low implementation rate of the standard preventive measures related to VAP. The present study aims to evaluate the knowledge of nurses in the intensive care unit in University hospitals of Sari. ...
متن کاملعنوان: Impact of Care Program on Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Incidence: A Clinical Trial
چکیده: Background: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is one of the common problems in patients who are under mechanical ventilation and increases the hospitalization duration and treatment expenses. The current study was conducted to determine the impact of a care program on VAP. Methods: This clinical trial was performed on intubated patients who were under mechanical ventilation in Intens...
متن کاملOral care and pulmonary infection - the importance of plaque scoring
Improving the quality of oral hygiene is recognised as an important counter measure for reducing the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia amongst critically ill patients. Toothbrushing physically disrupts the dental plaque that acts as a reservoir for pulmonary infection and therefore has the potential to reduce the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia. Gu and colleagues perform...
متن کاملمقایسهی تاثیر کلرهگزیدین و مسواک زدن در پیشگیری از پنومونی ناشی از ونتیلاتور
Background and Objective: Ventilator-associated pneumonia is a common infection in intensive care units leading to increased morbidity and mortality. This study was conducted to examine the effects of mechanical (tooth brushing), pharmacological (topical oral chlorhexidine), and their combination (tooth brushing plus chlorhexidine) in oral care on preventing the ventilator-associated pneumonia ...
متن کامل