Toothbrushing (with or without antiseptics), as part of oral hygiene care vs No toothbrushing (with or without antiseptics): Duration of ICU stay
- 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
- Duration of ICU stay
It is very uncertain whether toothbrushing (with or without antiseptics), as part of oral hygiene… changes duration of ICU stay compared with no toothbrushing (with or without antiseptics) (very low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Toothbrushing (with or without antiseptics), as part of oral hygiene care vs No toothbrushing (with or without antiseptics) Duration of ICU stay · Critically ill adults receiving mechanical ventilation in ICU · Follow-up: mean 1 month It is very uncertain whether toothbrushing (with or without antiseptics), as part of oral hygiene… changes duration of ICU stay compared with no toothbrushing (with or without antiseptics) (very low certainty). Oral hygiene care for critically ill patients to prevent ventilator‐associated pneumonia (2020) · Cochrane All outcomes | MD -1.89 [-3.52, -0.27] | 3 studies · 749 participants | Very low |
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.