Prevalência de infecções bucais em ambiente hospitalar / Prevalence of oral infections in a hospital environment

Objetivo: Verificar a prevalência de infecções bucais em ambiente hospitalar no período de 13 meses. Materiais e métodos: Estudo transversal, realizado no Centro de Terapia Intensiva (CTI) e na Clínica Neurológica da Santa Casa de Caridade de Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brasil. Foram analisados todos os dados referentes às infecções bucais e hospitalares, ocorridas no período de março de 2017 a março de 2018, obtidos pela Comissão de Controle de Infecção Hospitalar da instituição. A população estudada compreendeu todos os pacientes desses setores, com idade acima de 16 anos, de ambos os sexos e que tiveram infecção bucal após 48 horas de internação. Resultados: Dentro do total de 2.703 pacientes a prevalência de infecção bucal foi de 1,15% (n=31) dentro do período de 13 meses, sendo a candidíase de maior ocorrência. A prevalência de infecção hospitalar foi de 2,85%. Conclusão: A prevalência das infecções bucais foi maior no CTI, em comparação à Clínica Neurológica, sendo a infecção mais prevalente a candidíase oral. Sugere-se maior atenção à saúde bucal dos pacientes hospitalizados, diante da maior vulnerabilidade dosmesmos às infecções bucais

Aim: To verify the oral infections prevalence in a hospital environment within a period of 13 months. Materials and methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out at the Intensive Care Center and Neurological Clinic of Santa Casa de Caridade, in Diamantina,Minas Gerais, Brasil. All data referring to oral and hospital infections occurred in the period from March 2017 to March 2018 were obtained. The research source was the Hospital Infection Control Committee of the institution. The sample comprised all the patients of these sectors, aged over 16 years, of both genders and who had oral infection after 48 hours of hospitalization. Results: Within 2703 patients, the oral infection prevalence was 1.15% (n=31) within 13 months, being candidiasis the most frequent. The prevalence of nosocomial infection was 2.85%. Conclusion:The prevalence of oral infections was higher in the Intensive Care Center compared to Neurological Clinic, being candidiasis the most common oral infection. More attention should be given tothe hospitalized patients's oral health, considering their greater vulnerability to oral infections

Characterization of consultations for odontogenic abscesses in a major Chilean hospital

OBJECTIVES: To characterize consultations for odontogenic abscesses at the dental and maxillofacial unit of the public emergency hospital in Santiago, Chile. METHODOLOGY: descriptive study, involving consecutive sampling of patients with diagnosis of odontogenic abscess, conducted between august and september 2016. descriptive statistics were performed to determine the frequency of diagnosis, affected tooth, sex and need for hospitalization. RESULTS: odontogenic abscesses accounted for 6.3 percent (n=414) of a total of 6,535 consultations. males represented 59 percent; 42 percent of odontogenic abscesses presented in molars and maxillary premolars. the vestibular space was the most frequently affected anatomical space (50 percent), associated in 53 percent of the cases to submucosal abscesses. ninety-eight per cent of patients were successfully treated on an outpatient basis, 2 percent required hospitalization, mainly associated to abscesses involving the deep submandibular space. CONCLUSION: odontogenic abscesses account for a low percentage of dental emergencies at the public emergency hospital in Santiago, Chile. most cases receive outpatient treatment.