Oral changes in patients of intensive care units

Simone Alves Batista, Jonathan da Silva Santos Siqueira, Arley Silva Jr., Marisa Francisco Ferreira, Michelle Agostini, Sandra R. Torres

Abstract


Patients hospitalized in intensive care units (ICU) may present changes in the oral environment. The oral alterations may influence the patient’s health status, thus increasing the time and cost of hospitalization. The aim of this study is to review the literature on the major oral alterations observed in patients admitted
to the ICU.

Keywords


Manifestações orais; Unidades de centro de terapia intensiva; Higiene oral.



DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18363/rbo.v71n2.p.156

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