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Effects of Oral Care in the Neuroscience ICU

NCT00518752 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 113

Last updated 2013-01-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare how effective different ways of mouth cleaning are for patients in a neuroscience intensive care unit with a breathing tube in their mouth.

Conditions

  • Ventilator Associated Pneumonia
  • Oral Hygiene

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Standard Oral Care

Patients in this arm will receive standard oral care with manual brushes and routine oral hygiene products twice a day

PROCEDURE

Comprehensive Oral Care

Patients will receive a comprehensive oral care protocol using mechanical brushes and oral care products formulated for patients with a dry mouth twice a day

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Lund University

    collaborator OTHER

  • St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Virginia C Prendergast, MSN, NP-C · St Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

  • Ingalill R Hallberg, PhD · Vardalinstitutet, University of Lund, Sweden

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-05-31
Primary Completion
2011-03-31
Completion
2011-11-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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