Oral hygiene care for critically ill patients to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia

Oral hygiene care for critically ill patients to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia

Cochrane Review 9 SoF Entries

Summary of Findings

Key results and quality assessments using GRADE methodology

Outcome Effect Participants Studies Certainty
Oral mucositis (any)
Control (no treatment or routine care)
0.61 - - Not assessed
Oral mucositis (moderate + severe)
Control (no treatment or routine care)
0.52 - - Not assessed
Oral mucositis (severe)
Control (no treatment or routine care)
0.4 - - Not assessed
Interruptions to cancer treatment
Control (no treatment or routine care)
0.44 - - Not assessed
Oral pain (1 to 5 scale)
Control (no treatment or routine care)
-1.93 - - Not assessed
Quality of life
Control (no treatment or routine care)
nan - - Not assessed
Normalcy of diet (days of total parenteral nutrition)
Control (no treatment or routine care)
nan - - Not assessed
Duration of hospitalisation (days)
Control (no treatment or routine care)
nan - - Not assessed
Oral pain on a 0 (no pain) to 10 (maximum pain) scale
Control (no treatment or routine care)
-1.5 - - Not assessed
GRADE Certainty of Evidence:
High Very confident in the effect estimate
Moderate Moderately confident in the effect estimate
Low Limited confidence in the effect estimate
Very Low Very little confidence in the effect estimate

Review Information

Review ID: CD011552
Outcomes: 9 assessed

Related Content

Evidence Quality Distribution:
Not assessed: 9