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| st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } /* Style Definitions */ | | | | The way to prevent such a serious infection from |
| table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; | | | | happening in the patients who are on ventilator lies in |
| mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; | | | | brushing their teeth three times a day. It is |
| mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; | | | | unbelievable as to how such a serious condition can be |
| mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; | | | | prevented through such an easy measure. |
| mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; | | | | Patients on mechanical ventilation are intubated for a |
| mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; | | | | long time and the study reported that they can |
| font-family:"Times New Roman"; | | | | develop pneumonia in a matter of two or three days. |
| mso-ansi-language:#0400; | | | | The pneumonia can be prevented by in these patients |
| mso-fareast-language:#0400; | | | | by brushing their teeth three times a day. By doing |
| mso-bidi-language:#0400;} Sometimes the answer to a | | | | this, such cases can be prevented by about 50%. |
| very complex situation lies in a very simple answer | | | | There are patients who are benefiting from this |
| and that is what the nurses at the Tel Aviv University | | | | approach whereas there are patients who are still |
| have found. Normally patients who are unconscious | | | | getting pneumonia after being on the ventilator. The |
| are put on ventilator and it is very common in such | | | | nurses who have discovered this new amazing |
| individuals to develop lung infection. | | | | approach have said that by learning more from this |
| This is something that the patients are at serious risk | | | | there can be better ways devised to help the rest of |
| for. It is also reported that about 15% of the patients | | | | the 50% of patients who suffer from pneumonia after |
| who develop lung infection can suffer from serious | | | | being on the mechanical ventilators. |
| infections, which is a result of a depressed immune | | | | |