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Erschienen in: Intensive Care Medicine 1/2021

16.10.2020 | Narrative Review

Antiseptic mouthwash, the nitrate–nitrite–nitric oxide pathway, and hospital mortality: a hypothesis generating review

verfasst von: Stijn Blot

Erschienen in: Intensive Care Medicine | Ausgabe 1/2021

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Abstract

Meta-analyses and several large cohort studies have demonstrated that antiseptic mouthwashes are associated with mortality in hospitalized patients. A clear pathogenic mechanism is lacking, leading to controversy and a reluctance to abandon or limit the use of antiseptic mouthwashes. Here, we generate the hypothesis that a disturbance in nitric oxide homeostasis by antiseptic mouthwashes may be responsible for the observed increase in mortality risk. Nitric oxide is essential in multiple physiological processes, and a reduction in nitric oxide bioavailability is associated with the occurrence or worsening of pathologies, such as atherosclerosis, diabetes, and sepsis. Oral facultative anaerobic bacteria are essential for the enterosalivary nitrate–nitrite–nitric oxide pathway due to their capacity to reduce nitrate to nitrite. Nitrate originates from dietary sources or from the active uptake by salivary glands of circulating nitrate, which is then excreted in the saliva. Because antiseptic mouthwashes eradicate the oral bacterial flora, this nitric oxide-generating pathway is abolished, which may result in nitric oxide-deficient conditions potentially leading to life-threatening complications such as ischaemic heart events or sepsis.
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Metadaten
Titel
Antiseptic mouthwash, the nitrate–nitrite–nitric oxide pathway, and hospital mortality: a hypothesis generating review
verfasst von
Stijn Blot
Publikationsdatum
16.10.2020
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
Intensive Care Medicine / Ausgabe 1/2021
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-020-06276-z

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