Fernando Bellissimo Rodrigues

• Abstract

  The development of the intensive care along the past century has profoundly changed the management of critical patients, making possible today to save the life of many patients previously considered irreversible dying. On the other hand, intensive care is not risk-free. Our aim is to evaluate the impact of a dental care intervention on the overall risk of developing nosocomial lower respi…

  Can a dental care intervention reduce the risk of respiratory tract infections among critical patients? A cross-over cluster-randomized clinical trial, AP.R

• Abstract

  The health-care system is daily challenged by nosocomial infectious, which constitute a serious public health problem worldwide, increasing morbidity and mortality of patients and also hospital costs. Along with that, the exponential growing of drug-resistant bacteria in hospitals is a matter of concern to scientific community. Among these bacteria, we highlight the Methicillin-Resistant …

  Efficacy evaluation of silver sulfadiazine nasal application for decolonizing hospitalized patients carring methicilin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, AP.R

• Abstract

  On the last decades, nosocomial infections due to gram-negative multiresistant microorganisms have spread worldwide in the hospital setting, leading to the rising of intra-hospital mortality rates as well as the healthcare direct and indirect costs. Probiotics are microorganisms known to be non-pathogenic for the human host and for their ability to promote human health, through interactin…

  Use of probiotic bacteria for decolonizing patients with gram-negative multiresistant microorganisms in the hospital setting, AP.R

• Implementation of the dental care intervention in the intensive care unit 1 of the experimental group., BP.TT
• Clinical data collection at the intensive care unit no. 3 (ICU no. 3) of the control group, BP.TT
• Clinical data collection at the intensive care unit no. 4 (ICU no. 4) of the control group, BP.TT

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