Question · asked by 1 review
Toothbrushing (with or without antiseptics), as part of oral hygiene care vs No toothbrushing (with or without antiseptics): Adverse effects
- Population
- Critically ill adults receiving mechanical ventilation in ICU
- Intervention
- Toothbrushing (with or without antiseptics), as part of oral hygiene care
- Comparison
- No toothbrushing (with or without antiseptics)
- Outcome
- Adverse effects
What each review found
Current versions onlyNo studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 1 · 33.3%Very low 2 · 66.7%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%
| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Toothbrushing (with or without antiseptics), as part of oral hygiene care vs No toothbrushing (with or without antiseptics) Adverse effects · Critically ill adults receiving mechanical ventilation in ICU Oral hygiene care for critically ill patients to prevent ventilator‐associated pneumonia (2020) · Cochrane All outcomes | Adverse effects: information from two studies, which stated that there were none; very low certainty. There is a lack of evidence about adverse effects. | 2 studies | Very low |
Toothbrushing (with or without antiseptics), as part of oral hygiene care vs No toothbrushing (with or without antiseptics) Adverse effects · Critically ill adults receiving mechanical ventilation in ICU Oral hygiene care for critically ill patients to prevent ventilator‐associated pneumonia (2016) · Cochrane All outcomesearlier version CD008367.PUB3, superseded | Adverse effects: information from one study, which stated there were none; very low certainty. | 1 study | Very low |
Toothbrushing (with or without antiseptics), as part of oral hygiene care vs No toothbrushing (with or without antiseptics) Adverse effects · Critically ill adults receiving mechanical ventilation in ICU Oral hygiene care for critically ill patients to prevent ventilator‐associated pneumonia (2013) · Cochrane All outcomesearlier version CD008367.PUB2, superseded | Adverse effects: Pobo 2009 reported none; no other study in this comparison mentioned adverse effects. Not GRADE-rated. | 1 study | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oral hygiene care for critically ill patients to prevent ventilator‐associated pneumonia 2020 · Cochrane All outcomes | 2020-02 | Not listed | Not assessed |
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.