Oral Care and Gram-negative Pathogen in Children
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Tracheal and Oropharyngeal Colonization by Gram-negative Pathogens
- Registration Number
- NCT01410682
- Lead Sponsor
- Federal University of São Paulo
- Brief Summary
Critical care nursing interventions related to oral care can reduce the microorganisms in the oropharynx available for translocation to other sites. THis is a randomized, controlled and double blinded study performed in a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) from a Brazilian university hospital which objectives were to analyze 0.12% chlorhexidine digluconate influence on Gram-negative pathogens colonization of oropharyngeal and tracheal secretions of mechanically ventilated children.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 74
Inclusion Criteria
- All the PICU children during 24 months of study were selected for participation.
Exclusion Criteria
- newborns, those that fulfilled the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria for pneumonia in infants and children at the time of PICU admission, PICU LOS less than 48 hours, presence of tracheostomy and those that declined to participate.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Influence of chlorhexidine digluconate 0.12% on tracheal and oropharyngeal colonization by gram-negative pathogens
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Influence of some demographic characteristics of critically ill children on the oropharynx Gram-negative pathogens identification.