Aspiration Pneumonia: Dental and Oral Risk Factors in an Older Veteran Population

• Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) Vol. 49; no. 5; pp. 557 - 563
• Main Authors: Terpenning, Margaret S., Taylor, George W., Lopatin, Dennis E., Kerr, Connie Kinder, Dominguez, B. Liza, Loesche, Walter J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA, USA Blackwell Science Inc 01.05.2001; Blackwell; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Activities of Daily Living; Age Distribution; Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; aspiration pneumonia; Biological and medical sciences; Clinical trials; Dental Caries - complications; Dental Caries - microbiology; Dental health; Dental Plaque - complications; Dental Plaque - microbiology; dental risk factors; Diabetes Complications; Elderly people; Geriatric Assessment; Health risk assessment; Humans; Incidence; Logistic Models; Lung Diseases, Obstructive - complications; Medical sciences; Michigan - epidemiology; Mouth, Edentulous - complications; Older people; older veterans; Oral Health; Pneumology; Pneumonia; Pneumonia, Aspiration - epidemiology; Pneumonia, Aspiration - etiology; Respiratory system : syndromes and miscellaneous diseases; Risk Factors; Saliva - microbiology; Staphylococcal Infections - complications; Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology; Staphylococcus aureus; Streptococcal Infections - complications; Streptococcal Infections - microbiology; Streptococcus sobrinus; Stroke - complications; USA; Veterans; Veterans - statistics & numerical data; United States; North America; America; Michigan; Human; Lung disease; Respiratory disease; Aspiration pneumonia; Dental disease; Risk factor; Veteran; Epidemiology; Elderly; Trauma; Public health

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the importance of medical and dental factors in aspiration pneumonia in an older veteran population. DESIGN: Prospective enrollment of subjects with retrospective analysis of data. SETTING: Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic, inpatient ward, and nursing home....