Effects of different oral care strategies on postoperative pneumonia in infants with mechanical ventilation after cardiac surgery: a prospective randomized controlled study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To explore the effects of different oral care strategies on postoperative pneumonia in infants with mechanical ventilation after cardiac surgery.

Methods

A prospective randomized controlled study was conducted at a hospital in Fujian Province, China. Participants were randomly divided into the breast milk oral care group, physiological saline oral care group, and sodium bicarbonate oral care group to explore the effects of different oral care strategies on postoperative pneumonia in infants on mechanical ventilation cardiac surgery.

Results

The mechanical ventilation duration, the hospitalization costs, and the length of intensive care unit (ICU) stay and postoperative hospital stay in the breast milk oral care group were significantly shorter than those in

SUBMITTER: Yu XR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7944187 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature