Impact of an Educational Intervention Aimed at Nursing Staff on Oral Hygiene Care on the Incidence of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Adults Ventilated in Intensive Care Unit.

Objectives: This work sought to evaluate the impact of an educational intervention on oral hygiene care aimed at nursing care staff, on the incidence of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) in adults from an ICU in Colombia.

Methods: Quasi-experimental study pre- and post-educational intervention aimed at nursing staff in which theoretical-practical sessions were conducted during 12 weeks to explain different oral hygiene techniques according to the oral conditions of patients. The study gathered sociodemographic, clinical, and characteristic variables of the oral and dental care received.

Association between oral health, pneumonia and mortality in patients of intensive care.

IntroducciÓn: Los pacientes con ventilación mecánica corren riesgo de adquirir neumonía cuando la higiene bucodental es deficiente, a causa de la colonización bacteriana del tracto respiratorio. Se sugiere verificar esta asociación para implementar acciones de prevención.

Objetivo: Identificar la asociación entre el estado de salud bucal, la neumonía asociada a ventilador y la mortalidad en pacientes con ventilación mecánica en un hospital de tercer nivel de Pereira, Colombia.