Development and Validation of a Mouth Assessment Tool for Orally Intubated Patients in Intensive Care Unit)

Launched by UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, BORDEAUX · Oct 3, 2024

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is focused on creating and testing a new tool to assess the condition of the mouth for patients who are intubated in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Intubation is a procedure where a tube is placed in the throat to help patients breathe, and it can sometimes cause problems in the mouth that affect their recovery. The goal of this study is to determine how well this new assessment tool works for evaluating oral health in adult patients who have undergone this procedure.

To participate in this trial, individuals need to be 18 years or older and currently hospitalized in an adult ICU, either for medical or surgical reasons. They must also be undergoing oro-tracheal intubation. Participants will provide consent, either personally or through a legal representative, and they cannot have certain oral conditions or be in specific legal situations that would prevent them from taking part. This study is not yet recruiting participants, but it aims to improve the care and recovery of intubated patients by ensuring their oral health is properly assessed and managed.

Gender

ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Person aged 18 or over
• • Person hospitalized in an adult intensive care unit for medical, surgical, polyvalent or burns specialties.
• • Person undergoing oro-tracheal intubation.
• • Person affiliated with or benefiting from a social security scheme.
• • Free and informed oral consent of the patient or his/her legal representative
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Person undergoing Limitation or Cessation of Active Therapeutics
• • Person wearing a multi-attachment fixed dental appliance (braces, multi-rings, brackets bonded to teeth)
• • Person with oral damage making it impossible to measure one of the items on the oral cavity assessment tool (e.g.: removal of the tongue, etc.).
• • Patient under protective supervision (safeguard of justice, curatorship, guardianship)
• • Refusal of patient or legal representative to participate