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Effectiveness of Dental Brushing for Preventing Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia

NCT00842478 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE2/PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 400

Last updated 2009-02-12

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Summary

Poor oral hygiene is associated with respiratory pathogen colonization and secondary lung infection.The possible association between oral care and incidence of VAP, and the role of dental plaque, mouth and tracheal colonization have not been firmly established. The investigators' hypothesis was that improving oral care with electrical toothbrushing might be effective in reducing the incidence of VAP.

Conditions

  • Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia
  • Nosocomial Pneumonia
  • Pneumonia

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Toothbrushing

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospital Universitari Joan XXIII de Tarragona.

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Principal Investigators

  • Jordi Rello, MD, PhD · Hospital Universitari Joan XXIII

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-05-31

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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