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- Title
REVIEW PAPER. A Review of the Common Mouthwashes for Oral Care Utilised by Nurses in the Critical Intubated Patients: A Literature Review of Clinical Effectiveness.
- Authors
Firouzian, Abolfazl; Khezri, Hadi Darvishi
- Abstract
Pneumonia is the most frequent infection occurring in mechanically ventilated patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). Antibacterial mouthwashes are utilized in many clinical conditions for prophylactic and therapeutic purposes. The mouthwashes most commonly conveyed in the literature, including hydrogen peroxide, sodium bicarbonate, sodium chloride 0.9 %, water, povidone-iodine, and chlorhexidine (CHX). The aim of this review article is to evaluate articles to conclude the best existing evidence for providing oral hygiene to ICU patients receiving MV (mechanical ventilation), discuss considering practical oral washes, and to document a research to improve care interventions used for oral care and critical patients' outcomes.
- Subjects
PERIODONTAL disease prevention; PNEUMONIA prevention; ARTIFICIAL respiration; CHLORHEXIDINE; HYDROGEN peroxide; INTENSIVE care nursing; MOUTHWASHES; POVIDONE-iodine; SALT; SODIUM bicarbonate; WATER; MECHANICAL ventilators
- Publication
International Journal of Caring Sciences, 2014, Vol 7, Issue 3, p711
- ISSN
1791-5201
- Publication type
Article