Nation-wide survey of oral care practice in Japanese intensive care units: A descriptive study.

Oral care for critically ill patients helps provide comfort and prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia. However, a standardized protocol for oral care in intensive care units is currently unavailable. Thus, this study aimed to determine the overall oral care practices, including those for intubated...

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Main Authors: Tomoki Kuribara, Takeshi Unoki, Sachika Yamakita, Naoya Hashimoto, Yasuyo Yoshino, Hideaki Sakuramoto, Gen Aikawa, Saiko Okamoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0301258&type=printable