Role of dental assistants in providing specialist oral care to patients on ventilator support and assess if it helps in reducing ventilator associated chest infections due to poor oral health
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: K121- Other forms of stomatitisHealth Condition 2: J958- Other intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of respiratory system, not elsewhere classified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/10/046838
- Lead Sponsor
- Ministry of Defence
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Closed to Recruitment of Participants
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
i.All critically ill patients admitted to ICU placed under mechanical ventilation
ii.No pre-existing lower respiratory tract infection
Exclusion Criteria
i.Death or discharge within 48 hrs of inducing mechanical ventilation
ii.Patients with blood dyscrasia
iii.Completely edentulous patient
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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