SANTOS, J. M. A.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/9593535729688997; SANTOS, José Matheus Alves dos.
Résumé:
Patients in Intensive Terapy Units are subject to various morbidities, including the
Nosocomial Pneumonia and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia, which has the primary
etiological factor to poor hygiene of the oral cavity, thereby allowing pathogenic biofilm
develops and is aspirated into the lower respiratory tract. Preventing these illnesses is based
on oral hygiene, and currently the chlorhexidine digluconate has been extensively used as an
antiseptic solution. Thus this study was to do a literature review to ascertain the actual effect
of chlorhexidine on oral hygiene in the prevention of Nosocomial Pneumonia and Ventilator-
Associated Pneumonia. After the selection and analysis of the studies it was revealed that the
care of oral hygiene in debilitated patients in intensive care units is essential for better
survival in this patient and showed that chlorhexidine in most studies was effective in
preventing nosocomial pneumonia in intubated patients.