Randomized controlled trial of toothbrushing to reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia pathogens and dental plaque in a critical care unit.

Aim: To investigate the effect of a powered toothbrush on colonization of dental plaque by ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP)-associated organisms and dental plaque removal.

Materials And Methods: Parallel-arm, single-centre, examiner- and analyst-masked randomized controlled trial. Forty-six adults were recruited within 48 h of admission.

Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antibodies: a potentially treatable cause of encephalitis in the intensive care unit.

Objective: To report the occurrence of an unusual neurologic disorder requiring admission to the intensive care unit.

Design: Analysis of an observational cohort study of 31 patients with encephalitis admitted over a 4-yr period.

Setting: Neurologic intensive care unit in a tertiary referral center.