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Research Studies is a compilation of published research articles funded by AHRQ or authored by AHRQ researchers.
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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedKalenderian E, Lee JH, Obadan-Udoh EM
Development of an inventory of dental harms: methods and rationale.
The authors sought to standardize the language of dental adverse events (AEs). Using a multimodal approach, they developed a broad list of dental AEs in which the AEs were classed into 12 categories, with hard tissue injury being noted frequently. Pain was the unexpected AE that was consistently identified with every modality used.
AHRQ-funded; HS024406.
Citation: Kalenderian E, Lee JH, Obadan-Udoh EM .
Development of an inventory of dental harms: methods and rationale.
J Patient Saf 2022 Sep 1;18(6):559-64. doi: 10.1097/pts.0000000000001033..
Keywords: Dental and Oral Health, Patient Safety, Research Methodologies
Mody L
Preventing aspiration pneumonia in high-risk nursing home residents: role of chlorhexidine-based oral care questioned again.
This commentary discusses a study by Juthani-Mehta et al in this issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases that adds more steam to the ongoing controversy of the value of chlorhexidine-based oral care by challenging an earlier study. That study found that the odds of dying from pneumonia in those who did not receive oral care was >3 times that of the group receiving oral care. By contrast, the Juthani-Mehta et al study finds no benefit to chlorhexidine use.
AHRQ-funded; HS019979.
Citation: Mody L .
Preventing aspiration pneumonia in high-risk nursing home residents: role of chlorhexidine-based oral care questioned again.
Clin Infect Dis 2015 Mar 15;60(6):858-9. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciu941..
Keywords: Nursing Homes, Dental and Oral Health, Elderly, Patient Safety