Continuous Professional Oral Health Care Intervention Improves Severe Aspiration Pneumonia

• Main Authors: Wakako Nawata (Author), Yojiro Umezaki (Author), Masahiro Yamaguchi (Author), Masato Nakajima (Author), Michiko Makino (Author), Masahiro Yoneda (Author), Takao Hirofuji (Author), Takafumi Yamano (Author), Hiroaki Ooboshi (Author), Hiromitsu Morita (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Professional oral health care (POHC) is known to prevent aspiration pneumonia in patients with dysphagia and/or those at the perioperative stage of surgery. However, the effect of POHC on patients suffering from aspiration pneumonia remains unknown. Here, we report a case where continual POHC interv...