ventilator -associated pneumonia.
Conditions
Interventions
Intervention 1: Intervention group: This group receives nasal and oral care. Nasal care includes cleaning the nasal cavities with swabs impregnated with normal saline. Then, two puffs of 65% sodium ch
Sponsors
Esfahan University of Medical Sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
21 Years to 75 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients with an endotracheal tube connected to a mechanical ventilator after 24 h of intubation The patient has no symptoms of pneumonia before the intervention No use of immunosuppressive drugs No severe respiratory failure, adult respiratory distress syndrome, or immunodeficiency No severe septal deviation and nasal polyps The patient does not have sinusitis The patient dose not have high intracranial pressure No simultaneous participation of samples in another study
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Dissatisfaction of patient companions for patient participation in the study The patient has symptoms of pneumonia before the intervention
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Ventilator -associated pneumonia. Timepoint: The second day and the fifth day after the intervention. Method of measurement: modified clinical pulmonary infection score. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Adjusted pulmonary infection score. Timepoint: 1 and 5 days after the start of the intervention. Method of measurement: modified clinical pulmonary infection score. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public ContactDr. Somayeh Ghaffari
Esfahan University of Medical Sciences
Outcome results
None listed