title: Oral health promotion in patients with chronic renal failure admitted in the Intensive Care Unit.
abstract: Oral hygiene deficiency is common in patients treated in ICUs and it enables biofilm colonization by microorganisms that lead to respiratory infections. A 30-year-old female patient with chronic renal failure was hospitalized. Dental procedures were performed in the ICU and contributed to the patient's health after a few days.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Dentistry Post Graduation Program in Health Sciences University of Brasilia Brasilia Brazil; Department of Dentistry for Special Patients Catholic University of Brasilia Brasilia Brazil.
authors.forename: Alexandre Franco
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Miranda
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive and Pediatric Dentistry University of Brasília Brasilia Brazil.
authors.forename: Erica Negrini
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Lia
authors.affiliation: University Paulista - UNIP Brasilia Brazil; Post Graduation in Temporomandibular Dysfunction Sl Mandic Campinas São Paulo Brazil.
authors.forename: Tatiane Maciel
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: de Carvalho
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Dentistry Post Graduation Program in Health Sciences University of Brasilia Brasilia Brazil; Department of Pediatric Dentistry Catholic University of Brasilia Brasilia Brazil.
authors.forename: Cinthia Gonçalves Barbosa de Castro
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Piau
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology State University of Londrina Paraná Brazil.
authors.forename: Priscila Paganini
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Dentistry Post Graduation Program in Health Sciences University of Brasilia Brasilia Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana Cristina Barreto
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Bezerra
keywords: Chronic renal failure; dental health service; dentistry for chronically ill patients; health care quality; intensive care units; oral hygiene; quality of life; ventilator‐associated pneumonia