| Oral care for hospice patients with severe trismus. | |
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PMID: 22459519 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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Oral care is a hallmark of attentive, high-quality nursing care. Oral care improves a patient's sense of well-being, communication, and nutritional status, and lowers the risk for pneumonia. However, for patients with severe trismus, oral care may seem impossible. Trismus is the inability to open the mouth more than 35 mm and often results from medical therapies for head and neck cancers. This article details a simple approach to oral care that was implemented successfully with five hospice patients with severe trismus. |
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Authors:
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Hannah Wrigley; Elizabeth Johnston Taylor |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Clinical journal of oncology nursing Volume: 16 ISSN: 1538-067X ISO Abbreviation: Clin J Oncol Nurs Publication Date: 2012 Apr |
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Created Date: 2012-03-30 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9705336 Medline TA: Clin J Oncol Nurs Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 113-4 Citation Subset: N |
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Mary Potter Hospice, Wellington, Aotearoa, New Zealand. |
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