title: Clinical consequences of oral mucositis.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify the clinical manifestations, risk factors, secondary complications, and assessment and management of oral mucositis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Professional journals, websites, and books.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Secondary consequences of oral mucositis include infection, xerostomia, hemorrhage, and nutritional deficits.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nurses should have an extensive knowledge base about the appropriate interventions that can be used to alleviate or lessen the consequences often associated with oral mucositis.
authors.affiliation: Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Carlton G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wingard
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000209:etiology*; D009061:Mouth Mucosa; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009859:Oncology Nursing; D006472:Oral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D009910:Oral Hygiene; D012307:Risk Factors; D013280:Stomatitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control; D014987:Xerostomia / Q000209:etiology*