Aim To introduce the Bedside Oral Exam (BOE) and the Barrow Oral Care Protocol (BOCP)
to guide oral care for intensive care unit patients. Secondary aim: To explore quality …

Background Although oral health affects systemic health, studies of oral health during intubation
among critically ill neuroscience patients are lacking. Furthermore, the effect of oral care …

: Neuroscience intensive care unit (NICU) patients are frequently transported out of the critical
care environment for diagnostic and interventional procedures. Four hundred and seventy-…

… Questions or comments about this article may be directed to Virginia Prendergast, PhD NP
CNRN, at Virginia. Prendergast@ DignityHealth. org. She is from the Division of Neurological …

BACKGROUND Multimodal analgesia regimens have been suggested to improve pain control
and reduce opioid consumption after surgery. OBJECTIVE To institutionally implement an …

Objective Mechanically ventilated patients experience pain at rest and during daily care
procedures. Our objective was to test the reliability and validity of the Critical-Care Pain …

2 Stroke April 2018 validated for use in patients with cancer. 23 Several descriptors were
added to the original 8 items to create the Revised Oral Assessment Guide. 25 The Revised …

BACKGROUND Optimal postoperative pain control is critical after spinal fusion surgery.
There remains significant variability in the use of postoperative intravenous opioid patient-…

THIS REPORT DESCRIBES the first clinical use of newly developed titanium clips in the
treatment of 16 patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage. There were no immediate or delayed …

Background Poor oral hygiene has been associated with ventilator-acquired pneumonia.
Yet providing oral care for intubated patients is problematic. Furthermore, concerns that oral …