Aspiration pneumonia in nursing literature-a mapping review.

This was a mapping review, not a review that tested whether any care prevents aspiration pneumonia. Included papers were not quality assessed, so the review cannot say how trustworthy the individual nursing papers were. The search covered only peer-reviewed nursing journals from one higher education library, so it may miss work from other professions or databases. Most papers mentioned aspiration pneumonia only once, and the vast majority were not focused on it. The papers varied widely, including opinion articles, guidelines and different research types, making direct comparison difficult. Some records were excluded when full text could not be retrieved.

The authors declared financial support for the research, authorship or publication. They also stated that the publication fee was covered by the Department of Nursing and Healthcare Sciences at Munster Technological University.

Do not read this as proof that oral care, dysphagia screening, or tube feeding prevent aspiration pneumonia. It mapped how nursing papers mention the term, and most papers did not study aspiration pneumonia directly.