Article: Predictive value of accumulated oropharyngeal secretions for aspiration during video nasal endoscopic evaluation of the swallow

Article: U.S., Bangladeshi Inventors Develop Antigen-Specific Antibody Secretion Level Detection Method
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 1, 2007 ;     199 words ...ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 1 -- Hui Sunny Chang of Laurel, Md., and David Sack of Dhaka, Bangladesh, have developed an antigen-specific antibody secration level detection method. According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides methods of quantitating recent secreted

Article: Preventing aspiration in older adults with dysphagia.(try this: Best Practices in Nursing Care to Older Adults)
MedSurg Nursing;  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...WHY: Aspiration (the misdirection of oropharyngeal secretions or gastric contents into the larynx and lower respiratory tract) is common in older adults with dysphagia and can lead to aspiration...

Article: Human herpesvirus-8 oral shedding higher without antiretroviral therapy.
AIDS Weekly;  May 17, 2004 ;     403 words ......active antiretroviral therapy than among those receiving therapy. Human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8) is frequently detected in oropharyngeal secretions from HIV-infected men who have sex with men (MSM), and contact with saliva may be an important mode of HHV-8 transmission...

Article: Studies from Taipei Veterans General Hospital update current data on ventilator-associated pneumonia prevention.
Biotech Week;  December 17, 2008 ;     423 words ......VAP) can be reduced by continuous and/or intermittent subglottic suction highlights the importance of clearance of oropharyngeal secretions. We prospectively evaluated the usefulness of intermittent suction of oral secretions before each positional change...

Article: Meta-analysis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma microarray data explores mechanism of EBV-regulated neoplastic transformation.(Research article)(Epstein-Barr virus)
BMC Genomics;  July 7, 2008 ;     700+ words ......infection by EBV occurs in most individuals, it is usually asymptomatic. EBV is orally transmitted and can be detected in oropharyngeal secretions from infected individuals [2]. Subsequently EBV settles in resting B lymphocytes and renders infected B cells immortalized...

Article: Incidence, clinical outcome, and risk stratification of ventilator-associated pneumonia-a prospective cohort study
Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine;  October 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......diagnosis of pneumonia is often difficult in critically ill patients. Purulent sputum may follow intubation or leakage of oropharyngeal secretions around the artificial airway. Furthermore, chest roentgenographic changes consistent with pneumonia may be caused by...

Article: Valganciclovir cut oral shedding of herpesvirus 8.(Infectious Diseases)
Internal Medicine News;  February 1, 2006 ;     336 words ......subjects completed the study, and all but 1 adhered to the study regimen, according to pill counts. Participants collected oropharyngeal secretions daily at home. While patients were taking valganciclovir, the median percentage of days with HHV-8 DNA detected decreased...

Article: Valganciclovir reduced oral shedding of herpesvirus 8 by 79% in crossover trial.(Clinical report)
Skin & Allergy News;  March 1, 2006 ;     445 words ......study, and all but one of them adhered to the study regimen, according to pill counts. Participants collected daily oropharyngeal secretions at home, producing 3,029 swabs suitable for analyses to detect HHV-8 DNA. While patients were taking valganciclovir...

Article: The latest on community-acquired pneumonia
Drug Topics;  May 7, 2007 ;     700+ words ......are caused by pathogens that are colonized in high concentrations in the pharynx. These pathogens are aspirated with oropharyngeal secretions and lead to clinical infection in the lung. Healthy patients are most often colonized with aerobic grampositive pathogens...

Article: Transplacental transmission of Human Papillomavirus.(Research)(Clinical report)
Virology Journal;  September 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ......has been detected in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of pregnant women[19], cord blood specimens of neonates[19], oropharyngeal secretions of neonates[20], amniotic fluid [21, 22, 23], fetal membranes[24], placental trophoblastic cells[11], infants born...

Article: A validation study using the case-control method of the nursing diagnosis high risk for aspiration.
Nursing Diagnosis;  January 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......diagnosis risk for aspiration is the state in which an individual is at risk for entry of gastrointestinal secretions, oropharyngeal secretions, solids, or fluids into tracheo-bronchial passages (NANDA, 1996, p. 32). Pulmonary aspiration is a serious clinical...

Article: Pandemic influenza and renal disease
CANNT Journal;  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......by a virus that is carried and spread among humans. This infection peaks during the winter months and spreads when oropharyngeal secretions from an infected individual come into contact with the oral, nasal, or conjunctival mucous membranes of another person...

Article: Kimberly-Clark Microcuff Adult Endotracheal Tube Shown to Reduce the Incidence of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia.
Biotech Week;  June 3, 2009 ;     636 words ......endotracheal tube cuff. The cuff seal is the final barrier that protects the lungs from aspiration of potentially infectious oropharyngeal secretions. To learn more about the Kimberly-Clark Microcuff Endotracheal tubes, visit www.kchealthcare.com/microcuff. Kimberly-Cla...

Article: Disinfection of Acinetobacter baumannii-Contaminated Surfaces Relevant to Medical Treatment Facilities with Ultraviolet C Light
Military Medicine;  November 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......generally is a colonizer of low virulence, but it is capable of causing infections. The bacterium commonly colonizes skin, oropharyngeal secretions, respiratory secretions, and urine; it uncommonly colonizes the gastrointestinal tract and is associated with nosocomial...