Oral condition of patients admitted in Intensive Care Units

• Autor(a) principal: Oliveira, Hugo Angelo Gomes de
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Almeida, Marcelo Vieira da Costa, Gominho, Luciana Ferraz, Teodoro, Maria Kaline Romeiro, Santos , Lucia de Fátima Cavalcanti dos, Melo , Antonio Carlos Moura de Albuquerque, Cavalcanti, Ully Dias Nascimento Távora
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/14444
• topic: Diagnóstico Bucal; Saúde Bucal; Higiene Bucal; Controle de Infecções; Unidades de terapia intensiva.; Oral Diagnosis; Oral Health; Oral Hygiene; Infection Control; Intensive care units.; Diagnóstico oral; Salud bucal; Higiene bucal; Control de infección; Unidades de cuidados intensivos.

Objective: To identify the oral condition of patients admitted to intensive care units. Methodology: This is a retrospective observational study using secondary data from medical records of patients admitted to the intensive care units of a high complexity charitable hospital in the city of Recife, attended by the Hospital Dentistry team from March 2019 to February 2020. Results: The sample involved a total of 1831 patients, with an average age of 67.63 years, 50.8% of whom were male. Neurological (19.9%) and respiratory (18.8%) diseases were responsible for the highest admission rates. The main oral alterations evidenced were: tartar (27.2%), dental fracture (17.1%), injury / infection (14.4%) and dry lip / mouth (10%). Conclusion: It is concluded that tartar was the most frequent oral alteration in the evaluated patients, observed with greater number in patients with neurological and respiratory diseases. The presence of infection / injury in the oral cavity was diagnosed at a higher rate in cancer patients.