Literature analysis on oral care research of orotracheal intubated patients
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1672-7088.2014.36.001
- VernacularTitle:经口气管插管患者口腔护理研究的文献分析
- Author:
Miaomiao WEN
;
Meizhen ZHAO
;
Tieying ZENG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Oral care;
Oral hygiene;
Endotracheal intubation;
Critical care;
Bibliometrics
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
2014;30(36):1-6
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To know the progress of research in oral care of orotracheal intubated patients in China and to analyze the existing problems as well as provide the reference for further study.Methods Databases of CNKI,Wanfang,VIP and CBM were searched for literature on oral care for the orotracheal intubated patients by the end of December 2013,and the methods of bibliometrics were used to analyze the research results.Results Three hundred and nine articles that met the inclusion and exclusion criteria from 1997 to 2013 were collected.These papers were mainly included in 22 kinds of nursing journals.The methods of oral care for orotracheal intubated patients could be classified into five types:rinse and swabbing (95 papers),traditional cotton(cotton swab) cleaning or gauze swabbing (58 papers),toothbrushing (54 papers),oral rinse (51 papers),laryngoscope assistance (7 papers).With 54 articles using traditional cotton balls as oral care tool,55 papers using toothbrush,including children toothbrush of soft bristle (29 papers),ordinary toothbrush (14 papers) and electric toothbrush (12 papers).Oral care solution mainly included normal saline(49 papers),traditional Chinese medicine (36 papers),chlorhexidine(36 papers),antibiotics (12 papers),povidone iodine (17 papers),sodium bicarbonate (9 papers),etc.Conclusions The oral care of orotracheal intubated patients has attracted the attention of researchers,but the use of oral care methods,the frequency in oral care and oral care tools still owe specification.More attention should be paid to strengthen the training of nursing staff,to improve the scientific research ability of scientific research workers and to carry out large sample and high quality trials.An oral care guideline that fits into our national conditions should be built in an effort to improve the level of oral care in critical patients in our country.
