Oral Mucositis in Pediatric Patients in Treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Isabella Lima Arrais Ribeiro, Rebecca Rhuanny Tolentino Limeira, Ricardo Dias de Castro, Paulo Rogério Ferreti Bonan and Ana Maria Gondim Valença
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Isabella Lima Arrais Ribeiro: Post-Doctorate Researcher in Post-Graduate Program in Dentistry, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, Paraíba 5045, Brazil
Rebecca Rhuanny Tolentino Limeira: Master student in Post-Graduate Program in Dentistry, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, Paraíba 5045, Brazil
Ricardo Dias de Castro: Department of Clinical and Social Dentistry, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, Paraíba 5045, Brazil
Paulo Rogério Ferreti Bonan: Department of Clinical and Social Dentistry, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, Paraíba 5045, Brazil
Ana Maria Gondim Valença: Department of Clinical and Social Dentistry, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, Paraíba 5045, Brazil

IJERPH, 2017, vol. 14, issue 12, 1-7

Abstract: Oral mucositis in oncologic patients is the most undesirable event of the chemotherapeutic treatment. This study aimed to identify damage to the oral cavity resulting from chemotherapy in pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). This is a prospective study with a sample of 42 children and adolescents evaluated for 10 consecutive weeks after diagnosis. The modified Oral Assessment Guide (OAG) was used, and data were analyzed by Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient (? = 5%). Changes to the normal lips and saliva were positively related to an increase in the OAG score during all 10 weeks of evaluation. Alterations to the labial mucosa were correlated with an increase in the OAG score from the 2nd to 10th week, which was also found for changes in the tongue and in the swallowing function in Weeks 1, 6, 8, 9, and 10 and for gum changes from the 5th to 7th week. No significant vocal changes were correlated with the total OAG score at any point during the monitoring period. Changes in lips, cheek and/or palatal mucosa, labial mucosa, and gum areas and in swallowing function were positively correlated with an increase in the severity of oral mucositis in patients with ALL after beginning chemotherapeutic treatment.

Keywords: lymphoid leukemia; child; adolescent (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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