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Home Preventive oral hygiene and ventilator-associated pneumonia in paediatric intensive...

Preventive oral hygiene and ventilator-associated pneumonia in paediatric intensive care unit

Authors:

  • FS Ludovichetti
    Department of Neurosciences – Dentistry Section, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy
  • A. Zuccon
    Department of Neurosciences – Dentistry Section, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy
  • P. Positello
    Department of Neurosciences – Dentistry Section, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy
  • N. Zerman
    Department of Surgery, Dentistry, Paediatrics and Gynaecology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
  • A. Gracco
    Department of Neurosciences – Dentistry Section, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy
  • E. Stellini
    Department of Neurosciences – Dentistry Section, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy
  • S. Mazzoleni
    Department of Neurosciences – Dentistry Section, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23804/ejpd.2022.23.04.09

ABSTRACT


Aim

Data indicate a tendency towards an increased incidence through the last decades of various forms of pneumonia. Among these, nosocomial pneumonia in patients who have been on mechanical ventilation support (increased after the Covid-19 pandemic) is a condition that must be addressed as soon as possible to avoid complications. Current literature lacks an in-depth analysis of the potential correlation between ventilator-associated pneumonia and poor oral hygiene, especially in children. The aim of this literature review is to investigate if improving oral hygiene could affect the onset of nosocomial pneumonia in children.

Methods

A search was performed in Pubmed, Medline, and Scopus for the keywords: oral care, children, neonates, ventilator-associated pneumonia, combined with ‘AND’ or ‘OR’ Boolean Operators.

Results

The search yielded 236 potentially eligible articles; after exclusion for duplicates and title, and after the abstract and full text review, 12 articles were selected: 2 literature reviews, 1 pilot study, 4 observational studies, 1 survey and 4 randomised controlled trials.

Conclusion

The relevant papers retrieved in the scientific literature emphasised the importante of good oral care bundles to mitigate the bacteria proliferation in the bloodstream, and to prevent the development of ventilator-associated pneumonia.

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Publication date:

December /2022

Keywords:

Paediatric intensive care unit, Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia, oral hygiene, paediatric dentistry

Issue:

Vol.23 – n.4/2022

Page:

298 – 302

Publisher:

Ariesdue

Topic:

Children with special health care needs

Cite:


Harvard: FS Ludovichetti, A. Zuccon, P. Positello, N. Zerman, A. Gracco, E. Stellini, S. Mazzoleni (2022) "Preventive oral hygiene and ventilator-associated pneumonia in paediatric intensive care unit", European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry, 23(4), pp298-302. doi: 10.23804/ejpd.2022.23.04.09
Vancouver: FS Ludovichetti, A. Zuccon, P. Positello, N. Zerman, A. Gracco, E. Stellini, S. Mazzoleni. Preventive oral hygiene and ventilator-associated pneumonia in paediatric intensive care unit. European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry [Internet]. 2022Dec.6 [cited 2025May.14];23(4):298-302. Available from: https://www.ejpd.eu/abstract-pubmed/preventive-oral-hygiene-and-ventilator-associated-pneumonia-in-paediatric-intensive-care-unit/
MLA: FS Ludovichetti, A. Zuccon, P. Positello, N. Zerman, A. Gracco, E. Stellini, S. Mazzoleni Preventive oral hygiene and ventilator-associated pneumonia in paediatric intensive care unit. European Journal of Paediatric Dentistry. 2022;23(4):298-302

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