Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine

Francesc Rodriguez

Publications

• Research Article
  Poor Oral Health as Risk Factor for Community-Acquired Pneumonia
  Author(s): Francesc Rodriguez, Ignasi Bolíbar, Mateu Serra-Prat, Elisabet Palomera, M Virginia Ballester, Jordi Almirall and on behalf of the Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Catalan Countries (PACAP)Francesc Rodriguez, Ignasi Bolíbar, Mateu Serra-Prat, Elisabet Palomera, M Virginia Ballester, Jordi Almirall and on behalf of the Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Catalan Countries (PACAP)
  
  Objectives: Considerable evidence exists of the relationship between poor oral hygiene (therefore greater presence of plaque) and risk of pneumonia in special-care populations, including intensive care unit and nursing home settings. However, the effect of poor oral health on the development of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) remains to be established. We assessed the relationship between CAP and oral health in general adult population. Study design: Over 1-year period, 1,336 incident cases of CAP and 1,326 controls were enrolled in a populationbased case-control study. A questionnaire on CAP risk factors that included oral health-related questions, including visit to dentist in the last month, bleeding gums, gingivitis, dental dysaesthesia, dental prosthesis, gumboil in the last month, t.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-105X.1000203

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