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An Oral Hygiene Care in Cognitive Impairment Patients by Gauze: Is It Really Safe Care Method?
- Authors
- Lee, Jae Hee; Kim, Keon; Bae, Sung Jin; Choi, Yoon Hee
- Issue Date
- Sep-2019
- Publisher
- TAIWAN SOC GERIATRIC EMERGENCY & CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE-TSGECM
- Keywords
- airway obstruction; foreign bodies; emergency; oral hygiene care
- Citation
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GERONTOLOGY, v.13, no.3, pp 255 - 257
- Pages
- 3
- Journal Title
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GERONTOLOGY
- Volume
- 13
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 255
- End Page
- 257
- ISSN
- 1873-9598
1873-958X
- Abstract
- 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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