id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-010775-1f9g4t5y Labeau, S. O. Less daily oral hygiene is more in the ICU: not sure 2020-04-01 .txt text/plain 1312 66 41 Accumulating evidence of the effectiveness of oral care with chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) in preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) or postoperative pneumonia [1, 2] has led to adopting CHG oral care as the gold standard for intubated patients. Although the authors report no measures of reliability or validity of the instrument, their tool might be a first step towards better matching timing and frequency of oral care to the specific needs of individual ICU patients and to turn 'more' into a 'less' of at least equal quality. Optimal frequency for various aspects of daily oral hygiene (teeth brushing, moisturizing, mouthwash) Outcome: oral health as measured through specific, valid and reliable oral assessment tools for intubated and non-intubated ICU patients, respectively Oral hygiene care for critically ill patients to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia ./cache/cord-010775-1f9g4t5y.txt ./txt/cord-010775-1f9g4t5y.txt