Continuous Professional Oral Health Care Intervention Improves Severe Aspiration Pneumonia
Professional oral health care (POHC) is known to prevent aspiration pneumonia in patients with dysphagia and/or those at the perioperative stage of surgery. However, the effect of POHC on patients suffering from aspiration pneumonia remains unknown. Here, we report a case where continual POHC interv...
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| author | Wakako Nawata Yojiro Umezaki Masahiro Yamaguchi Masato Nakajima Michiko Makino Masahiro Yoneda Takao Hirofuji Takafumi Yamano Hiroaki Ooboshi Hiromitsu Morita |
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| description | Professional oral health care (POHC) is known to prevent aspiration pneumonia in patients with dysphagia and/or those at the perioperative stage of surgery. However, the effect of POHC on patients suffering from aspiration pneumonia remains unknown. Here, we report a case where continual POHC intervention improved severe aspiration pneumonia. A 74-year-old male patient with a brain infarction suffered from severe aspiration pneumonia (PSI: IV, A-DROP: 3) complicated by vascular dementia and severe dysphagia. Because an antimicrobial approach following the treatment guidelines for pneumonia was not effective, we started a POHC intervention to improve his poor oral condition at the request of the attending doctor and the patient’s family. The severe pneumonia markedly improved after continual POHC by the dental team. This case suggests that continual POHC intervention by a dental hygienist may improve severe aspiration pneumonia. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ee53208d175f471d962b906bd71076e92025-02-03T05:48:24ZengWileyCase Reports in Dentistry2090-64472090-64552019-01-01201910.1155/2019/49459214945921Continuous Professional Oral Health Care Intervention Improves Severe Aspiration PneumoniaWakako Nawata0Yojiro Umezaki1Masahiro Yamaguchi2Masato Nakajima3Michiko Makino4Masahiro Yoneda5Takao Hirofuji6Takafumi Yamano7Hiroaki Ooboshi8Hiromitsu Morita9The Center for Visiting Dental Service, Fukuoka Dental College Medical and Dental General Hospital, Fukuoka, JapanThe Center for Visiting Dental Service, Fukuoka Dental College Medical and Dental General Hospital, Fukuoka, JapanThe Center for Visiting Dental Service, Fukuoka Dental College Medical and Dental General Hospital, Fukuoka, JapanThe Center for Visiting Dental Service, Fukuoka Dental College Medical and Dental General Hospital, Fukuoka, JapanThe Center for Visiting Dental Service, Fukuoka Dental College Medical and Dental General Hospital, Fukuoka, JapanSection of General Dentistry, Department of General Dentistry, Fukuoka Dental College, Fukuoka, JapanSection of General Dentistry, Department of General Dentistry, Fukuoka Dental College, Fukuoka, JapanSection of Otorhinolaryngology, Department of General Medicine, Fukuoka Dental College, Fukuoka, JapanSection of Internal Medicine, Department of General Medicine, Fukuoka Dental College, Fukuoka, JapanThe Center for Visiting Dental Service, Fukuoka Dental College Medical and Dental General Hospital, Fukuoka, JapanProfessional oral health care (POHC) is known to prevent aspiration pneumonia in patients with dysphagia and/or those at the perioperative stage of surgery. However, the effect of POHC on patients suffering from aspiration pneumonia remains unknown. Here, we report a case where continual POHC intervention improved severe aspiration pneumonia. A 74-year-old male patient with a brain infarction suffered from severe aspiration pneumonia (PSI: IV, A-DROP: 3) complicated by vascular dementia and severe dysphagia. Because an antimicrobial approach following the treatment guidelines for pneumonia was not effective, we started a POHC intervention to improve his poor oral condition at the request of the attending doctor and the patient’s family. The severe pneumonia markedly improved after continual POHC by the dental team. This case suggests that continual POHC intervention by a dental hygienist may improve severe aspiration pneumonia.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/4945921 |
| spellingShingle | Wakako Nawata Yojiro Umezaki Masahiro Yamaguchi Masato Nakajima Michiko Makino Masahiro Yoneda Takao Hirofuji Takafumi Yamano Hiroaki Ooboshi Hiromitsu Morita Continuous Professional Oral Health Care Intervention Improves Severe Aspiration Pneumonia Case Reports in Dentistry |
| title | Continuous Professional Oral Health Care Intervention Improves Severe Aspiration Pneumonia |
| title_full | Continuous Professional Oral Health Care Intervention Improves Severe Aspiration Pneumonia |
| title_fullStr | Continuous Professional Oral Health Care Intervention Improves Severe Aspiration Pneumonia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Continuous Professional Oral Health Care Intervention Improves Severe Aspiration Pneumonia |
| title_short | Continuous Professional Oral Health Care Intervention Improves Severe Aspiration Pneumonia |
| title_sort | continuous professional oral health care intervention improves severe aspiration pneumonia |
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