Enfermagem e odontologia: perspectivas para a integração no cuidado ao paciente crítico

Abstract

Resumo: Este artigo tem como objetivo refletir sobre as práticas interdisciplinares que advém dos processos de integração entre a enfermagem e a odontologia no cuidado e manutenção da higiene bucal do paciente crítico, o que tem contribuído para o estabelecimento de condutas padronizadas. Apresenta abordagem reflexiva, fundamentada a partir de revisão integrativa nas bases de dados Scielo, Pubmed e Bireme no período de 2000 a 2014, onde foram encontrados encontrando 113 artigos. Após a aplicação dos critérios de inclusão e exclusão restaram 6 artigos. Evidências fundamentam a necessidade de melhorar a integração entre estas categorias profissionais neste nível de cuidado com vistas a contribuir com a diminuição dos efeitos danosos que a falta ou a inadequada higienização oral possam trazer, bem como o aumento das complicações infecciosas com o intuito de otimizar a qualidade da assistência prestada. Palavras chave: Cuidados de Enfermagem; Cuidados críticos; Higiene bucal.Abstract: This article aims to reflect on the interdisciplinary practices that comes from the integration processes between the nursing and dental care and maintaining oral hygiene critical patients, which has contributed to the establishment of standardized behaviors. It features reflective approach, based from integrative review in Scielo databases, Pubmed and Bireme from 2000 to 2014, where they were found finding 113 articles. After applying the criteria of inclusion and exclusion remaining 6 articles. Evidence underlying the need to improve the integration of these professional categories at this level of care in order to contribute to the reduction of harmful effects that the lack or inadequate oral hygiene can bring as well as the increase in infectious complications in order to optimize quality of care.

HEALTH SCIENCES AND ORAL HYGIENE IN ICU PATIENTS: Interdisciplinarity between Dentists and Nurses

“…Considering the relationship between oral health and the patient's systemic health, especially in the ICU, some debates point to the importance of an interdisciplinary team to address oral hygiene or systemic and oral pathologies of hospitalized patients with the participation of dentists (dental surgeon) and nurses (CRUZ; ARAUJO; MOREIRA, 2016;SILVEIRA, B. L. et al, 2020;SAMIM, Abbas et al, 2022).…”

“…Much has been discussed about the importance of dentists in the hospital environment, expanding their activities beyond offices or outpatient clinics, and, therefore, acting in a set of preventive and therapeutic oral health actions, in addition to treating infections to prevent worsening of pathologies (ROCHA et al, 2022). However, the oral health routine has been led by nurses as they assume care for patients at different levels of complexity (CRUZ; ARAUJO;MOREIRA, 2016).…”