Effectiveness of dental care for prevention of nosocomial respiratory tract infections among intensive care patients.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- osocomial respiratory tract infections, Bacterial pneumonia, not elsewhere classified
- Registration Number
- RBR-89cp93
- Lead Sponsor
- Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da Universidade de São Paulo
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Data analysis completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
Inclusion Criteria
Patients of both sexes, aged between 18 and 100 years old, admitted to the ICU of the study, if they had a expected time of hospitalization exceeding 48 hours.
Exclusion Criteria
Pregnancy, blood dyscrasia.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Intervention
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Expected outcome: Reduction in the incidence of lower respiratory tract infections during intensive care unit stay ;Observed outcome: there was a significant reduction in the incidence of lower respiratory tract infections during intensive care unit stay which was 8.7% in the experimental group and 18.1% in the control group (adjusted RR=0.44, CI95%=0.20-0.96, p=0.04).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Expected outcome: Reduction on the duration of mechanical ventilation, lenght of stay in the intensive care unit, use of antimicrobial agents, and in-hospital mortality<br>;Observed outcome: Expected secondary outcomes were not observed, such as reduction on the duration of mechanical ventilation (11.3±9.0 days in the control group, 10.7±10.6 daysin the experimental group, p=0.225), lenght of stay in the intensive care unit (10.9±8.7 days in the control group, 10.4±9.8 daysin the experimental group, p=0.318), use of antimicrobial agents (8.7±8.0 days in the control group, 8.2±8.5 days in the experimental group, p=0,442), in-hospital mortality rates (31.5% in the control group versus 29.1% in the experimental group, adjusted RR=0.93, CI95%=0.52-1.65, p=0.796).