1. Assessing the incidence of tongue coating in patients treated in intensive care units
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Alexandre Franco Miranda, Giovanna Louly Caixe El Haje, Renata Monteiro de Paula, Priscila Paganini Costa, and Maria Gabriela Haye Biazevic
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intensive care units ,hospital dentistry ,infection control ,oral health ,biofilms ,Dentistry ,RK1-715 - Abstract
Objective: assessing the incidence of tongue coating in patients treated in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a hospital in Federal District, Brazil. Material and Methods: descriptive and prospective study with convenience cohort approved by the Research Ethics Committee. A single examiner conducted clinical examinations focused on evaluating the incidence of tongue coating in ICU patients for 5 weeks, at times scheduled by the ICU management board. Data were recorded in a standardized datasheet. Results: we assessed 152 male and female patients (57% women and 42% men), at mean age 64 years. Patients were hospitalized in the ICU, mostly under normal conditions (p < 0.001); the longest period in the ICU was 48 hours (p < 0.001). Most patients (56) presented coating throughout their tongues (p
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- 2018
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