Oral health care and aspiration pneumonia in frail older people: A systematic literature review

Gerodontology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-9

  Van Der Maarel Wierink, Claar D ^a,b,c   Vanobbergen, Jackie N O ^a,b,d   Bronkhorst, Ewald M ^c   Schols, Jos M G A ^a,b,e   De Baat, Cees ^a,b,c  

^a Flemish Netherlands Geriatric Oral Research Group   (Belgium)

^b Nijmegen Medical Centre ^*

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

aspiration pneumonia; frailty; older people; oral health care

Indexed keywords

AGED; COUGHING; DENTAL PROCEDURE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; MOUTH HYGIENE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; REFLEX; RISK FACTOR; SWALLOWING; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; REVIEW;

AGED; COUGH; DEGLUTITION; DENTAL CARE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; ORAL HYGIENE; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; REFLEX; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84873421739     PISSN: 07340664     EISSN: 17412358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-2358.2012.00637.x     Document Type: Review

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