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

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1082-1084

  Matsusaka, Kaoru ^a   Ohi, Atsuko ^b   Tahata, Keita ^a   Shimizu, Ayako ^a   Numata, Megumi ^a   Ohmiya, Ruriko ^a   Kubo, Hiroshi ^c   Oikawa, Takashi ^a   Yamaya, Mutsuo ^c  

^a Hachinohe National Hospital   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BODY TEMPERATURE; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPHAGIA; FEVER; GERIATRIC REHABILITATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL RECORD; MOUTH CAVITY; MOUTH HYGIENE; NOSE FEEDING; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVATION; TOOTH BRUSHING; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REHABILITATION; TOOTHBRUSHING;

EID: 84885915484     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12088     Document Type: Letter

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