Protocolo de atendimento odontológico ao paciente crítico internado em unidade de terapia intensiva

Abstract

Many studies were accomplished to be discovered methods to minimize the infections nosocomiais in critical patients interned in intensive therapy unit. Today it is known that a relationship exists between precarious dental health and the pneumonias nosocomiais, mainly those associated to ventilation mechanics. That study has as objective elaborates a protocol of attendance of dentistry to the critical patient interned in intensive therapy unit. For that, he/she took place an active search of information in the bases of data PubMed (Medline) and BVS (Bireme / LILACS / BBO), Scielo, Google Scholar and periodic CAPES, of publications in Portuguese and English. To leave of that rising, it can be determined the need to take place a rising of the critical patients' needs dental care. To improve dental care the patient's of intensive therapy unit, it is done necessary dentist's presence in the place.