Background & aim: Oral care is one of the main aspects of nursing care in intensive care
units which not only helps the patient to feel comfortable but also prevents serious …

Objective: To assess the level of knowledge and difficulties concerning hospitalized patients
regarding preventive oral health measures among professionals working in Intensive Care …

BACKGROUND: Research has shown that oral care involving toothbrushes and topical
antimicrobials improves the oral health of medically compromised patients and may reduce …

Background Ventilator-associated pneumonia is one of the most common nosocomial
infections which increase mortality rate and length stay of hospitalisation. Oral care would …

ABSTRACT İntensive care patients needs to oral assessment and oral care for avoid
complications caused by orafarengeal bacteria. In this literature review, it is aimed to …

Background The practice of oral care in intensive care settings remains inconsistent among
intubated patients, yet these patients are at high risk of developing ventilator‐associated …

Investigating the oral care delivered by nursing staff in acute hospital setting is having a
remarkable shortage within the current literature. This was provoked due to lack of previous …

Aim. This study investigated intensive care unit nurses' knowledge, attitudes and practices of
oral care for intubated patients together with the associated factors of the same. Background …

Background: Oral health and general health are interdependent which influence each other
through biological, psychological, emotional, and developmental factors. As patients in …