Open AccessMucositis and its treatment. Management and recommendations protocols
Author(s) -
Liliana Maria Lara,
José Cadena,
Sandra Ximena Echeverry
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
revista estomatologia/revista estomatologâia/revista estomatología y salud
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2248-7220
pISSN - 0121-3873
DOI - 10.25100/re.v15i1.5608
Subject(s) - mucositis , sucralfate , medicine , radiation therapy , protocol (science) , intensive care medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , chemotherapy , multimodal therapy , surgery , alternative medicine , pathology , nursing
Summary:Mucositis is the inflammation of the oral tissue and it is one of the most frequently presentedcomplications among the chemotherapy and radiotherapy subjected patients at the Pediatric DentistryDepartment of Hospital Universitario del Valle in Cali. Due to this, a literature revision wascarried out with the purpose of deepening in the topic, looking for diverse therapeutic alternativesthat can help to diminish the appearance, to treat it efficiently and to alleviate the symptoms andto improve the patient’s life quality. Sucralfate, according to the literature, has presented goodresults in clinical tests, that are why the Hospital Universitario del Valle has adopted it in itsmucositis therapy protocol.