Oral Health: Ventilator associated pneumonia Oral Health Complications of procedures, not elsewhere classified
Conditions
Interventions
Twenty patients will be randomised to one of two groups. Twenty envelopes will contain ten labels for each group. Either control or enhanced. These will be shuffled into a random order, then labelled
Sponsors
Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2006 Update - Department of Health
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Eligible patients are to be enrolled between 12/05 and 03/06 from Epsom and St Helier Hospital ITUs. The study will be a prospective blind randomised controlled trial. Approval from the Research Ethics Committee and Research and Development are being sought. Patients admitted to the ITU for mechanical ventilation will be invited to join the study as long as they fulfill the following criteria: all adult patients, male and female aged 18 to 95 with written consent. This may be obtained from the participant or from a legal representative or next of kin. Participants must have been intubated within the hospital. However, if intubated in another hospital they may be included as long as they arrive in the ITU within 12 hours of intubation. Participants must not be endentulous or have a tracheostomy tube. Patients with both medical and surgical diagnosis will be included but their condition must suggest an expected admission period of more that 8 days.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Edentulous patients 2. Patients with a facial injury 3. Patients with a tracheostomy tube
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Levels of bacterial colonisation in the upper respiratory tract over the ten day period measured as numbers of colony forming units. Comparison between the control and enhanced care group. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Not provided at time of registration | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed