Educational Intervintion in a Nursing Team on Oral Hygiene of Critically Ill Patientes in an Intensive Care Unit

Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a type of recurrent infection in critical patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and has high morbidity and mortality rates. Its pathogenesis results from the introduction of oral microbiota bacilli passed from the orotracqueal tube to the lower r...

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Main Authors: Milena Rayane de Andrade Teixeira, Michelline Cavalcanti Toscano de Brito, Sabrina Sales Lins de Albuquerque, Ângelo Brito Pereira de Melo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Portal de Periódicos da Marinha do Brasil 2022-10-01
Series:Revista Naval de Odontologia On Line
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Online Access:https://portaldeperiodicos.marinha.mil.br/index.php/odontoclinica/article/view/3283