Role of Oral Care in Prevention of Nosocomial Pneumonia Among COPD Patients
Recruiting · NCT06691399 · Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment) · Lead sponsor: Assiut University
View the official record on ClinicalTrials.gov →Interventions studied
Oral care
What this trial is about
Poor dental hygiene has been linked to respiratory pathogen colonization in ICU patients. Therefore, respiratory pathogens tend to colonize dental plaque and oral mucosa in these populations. Therefore, strategies to eliminate respiratory pathogens from the oral cavity may improve oral hygiene and decrease the development of nosocomial pneumonia.
Who can take part
Age range
18 Years and older
Sex
All (male and female)
Healthy volunteers
No - a diagnosis or condition is required
Phase
Not applicable (e.g. observational or device study)
Study type
Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment)
Inclusion criteria
- Patients diagnosed as COPD
- admitted to ICU with acute exacerbation
- need for noninvasive ventilatory support including noninvasive ventilation anf high flow nasal cannula
Exclusion criteria
- patients refusing to participate
- End stage organ failure (Heart Failure, Liver cell failure and/or Renal failure
Where it is running
1 location listed.
- Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University - Asyut, Egypt