Addition of oral cavity brushing and rehabilitation reduces fever in tube-fed patients

Geriatr Gerontol Int. 2013 Oct;13(4):1082-4. doi: 10.1111/ggi.12088.

Authors

Kaoru Matsusaka¹, Atsuko Ohi, Keita Tahata, Ayako Shimizu, Megumi Numata, Ruriko Ohmiya, Hiroshi Kubo, Takashi Oikawa, Mutsuo Yamaya

Affiliation

¹ National Hospital Organization, Hachinohe National Hospital, Hachinohe, Japan.

PMID: 24131764
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12088

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Enteral Nutrition*
Female
Fever / prevention & control*
Humans
Male
Mouth
Pneumonia, Bacterial / prevention & control*
Prospective Studies
Rehabilitation*
Toothbrushing*