Health Condition 1: J13- Pneumonia due to Streptococcus pneumoniae
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention1: Chlorhexidine mouth wash 0.12%
: Chlorhexidine 0.12% will be prepared by diluting 0.2% chlorhexidine (6 ml 0.2% chlorhexidine + 40ml sterile water)
Available brand - Hexiclear Mout
Sponsors
Dr Nagesh Vyas
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Male or female patients of age 18 to 75 yrs, 2. Requiring mechanical ventilation for at least more than 72 hours with normal hemodynamics with or without vasopressor
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Known case pneumonia 2. Development of pneumonia within 48 hours of intubation 3. Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease with active chest infection; patients 4. Patients already received mechanical ventilation for more than 24 hours 5. Patients who have aspirated/with chest x-rays already showing infiltrates 6. Oral mucositis: It may cause local irritation and hypersensitivity. 7. Legal incarceration (e.g., organ transplantation or patients having long-term steroid therapy): They have a chance of hypersensitivity reaction. 8. Patients who died or were discharged within 48 hours of admission in the ICU. 9. Patients receiving immunosuppressive therapy or who were hypersensitive to chlorhexidine gluconate
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Incidence of Ventilator associated Pneumonia diagnosed by Endotracheal Secretion culture for P-pneumoniaTimepoint: Every 48 hrs after intubation for incidence of VAP | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| DeathTimepoint: Everyday with 3 hour shit, check for vitals;DeintubationTimepoint: Everyday a through clinical examination and check of lab value for deintubation;Discharge from ICUTimepoint: Everyday when patient is deintubated and discharged from ICU | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
Public ContactDr Nagesh Vyas
Apex Hospital
Outcome results
None listed