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Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Tongue Cleaner in Critical Patients

NCT01294943 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2012-08-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The concern with oral infection and its systemic repercussions is old, many studies have been undertaken to establish this relationship more precisely. One of the areas mouth still little studied in this regard is the colonization of language within this universe of the oral microbiota colonization and how this may affect the general state of health care-dependent individuals.

This research aims to evaluate the efficiency of a tongue cleaning device and its potential impacts on infectious patients fully or partially dependent care hospital.

Patients admitted to intensive care units and inpatient units will be evaluated, divided into two groups: Study Group (SG) - Patients who receive oral hygiene using the tongue cleaning device, and Control Group (CG) - Patients who are cared for according to the routine of hospital nursing.

Conditions

  • Oral Infection
  • Ventilator-associated Pneumonia

Interventions

DEVICE

Tongue cleaner

Use of the tongue cleaner (TePe ®) to remove the tongue biofilm in patients on mechanical ventilation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Sao Paulo

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-01-31
Primary Completion
2011-06-30
Completion
2011-12-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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