To Relieve the Patient's Thirst, Refresh the Mouth First: A Pilot Study Using Mini Mint Ice Cubes in Severely Dehydrated Patients

J Pain Symptom Manage. 2020 Jul;60(1):e82-e88. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.03.031. Epub 2020 Apr 8.

Authors

Malcolm Lemyze¹, Johann Lavoisier², Johanna Temime³, Maxime Granier², Jihad Mallat⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Critical Care Medicine, Arras Hospital, Arras, France. Electronic address: malcolmlemyze@yahoo.fr.
² Department of Critical Care Medicine, Arras Hospital, Arras, France.
³ Department of Critical Care Medicine, Schaffner Hospital, Lens, France.
⁴ Department of Critical Care Medicine, Schaffner Hospital, Lens, France; Department of Critical Care Medicine, Critical Care Institute, Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

PMID: 32278099
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.03.031

No abstract available

Keywords: Thirst; critical illness; hypernatremia; sodium; symptom; water deprivation.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Humans
Ice*
Mentha*
Mouth
Pilot Projects
Thirst

Substances

Ice