Educational Intervintion in a Nursing Team on Oral Hygiene of Critically Ill Patientes in an Intensive Care Unit

• Main Authors: Milena Rayane de Andrade Teixeira (Author), Michelline Cavalcanti Toscano de Brito (Author), Sabrina Sales Lins de Albuquerque (Author), Ângelo Brito Pereira de Melo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Portal de Periódicos da Marinha do Brasil, 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is a type of recurrent infection in critical patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and has high morbidity and mortality rates. Its pathogenesis results from the introduction of oral microbiota bacilli passed from the orotracqueal tube to the lower r...