An Oral Hygiene Care in Cognitive Impairment Patients by Gauze: Is It Really Safe Care Method?
- 주제(키워드) airway obstruction , foreign bodies , emergency , oral hygiene care
- 주제(기타) Geriatrics & Gerontology
- 등재 SCIE, SCOPUS
- 발행기관 TAIWAN SOC GERIATRIC EMERGENCY & CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE-TSGECM
- 발행년도 2019
- 총서유형 Journal
- URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/ewha/000000161587
- 본문언어 영어
- Published As http://dx.doi.org/10.6890/IJGE.201909_13(3).0015
초록/요약
Oral hygiene care (OHC) is associated with in-hospital infection. Among the many materials used for OHC, gauze is one of the most common. However, many patients receiving OHC are in a poor state of consciousness and thus at high risk of foreign-body aspiration or ingestion. Here we present three cases of unusual foreign-body obstruction that developed in cognitively impaired patients. These cases highlight the need for increased clinical awareness regarding vulnerable patients at risk of complications related to a foreign body in the gastrointestinal tract or the airway. Copyright (C) 2019, Taiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency & Critical Care Medicine.
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