Clinical observation of tongue coating of perioperative patients: factors related to the number of bacteria on the tongue before and after surgery

• मुख्य लेखकों: Madoka Funahara (लेखक), Souichi Yanamoto (लेखक), Sakiko Soutome (लेखक), Saki Hayashida (लेखक), Masahiro Umeda (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: BMC, 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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Abstract Background Increased amount of tongue coating has been reported to be associated with increased bacteria count in the saliva and aspiration pneumonia in elderly people. However, the implications of tongue coating for prevention of postoperative complications in patients undergoing major onc...