Meyer, Ilonka
Chan, Brandon
Cohen, Emma
Dube, Esther
Hu, Raymond
Yeomans, Megan
Pontonio, Frances
Heldreich, Charlotte
O’Conghaile, Stiofan
Holmes, Natasha
Maroon, Nada
Weinberg, Laurence
Tan, Chong O.
Article History
Received: 12 October 2021
Accepted: 25 March 2022
First Online: 11 April 2022
Declarations
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: Approval for retrospective cohort study obtained (QI/17/Austin/0831).
: The author consents to be included as an author in this study.
: The author consents to be included as an author in the publication of this study.
: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
: 0 = None1 = Oral soreness, erythema2 = Oral erythema, ulcers, solid diet tolerated3 = Oral ulcers, only liquid diet tolerated4 = Oral intake impossible
: 0 = Awake and alert*S = Patient asleep but rousable1 = Easily rousable2 = Persistently drowsy, unable to stay awake spontaneously >10 seconds3 = Difficult to rouse or unresponsive*Sedation Scores entered as “S” were considered a score of 0.5 for the purposes of quantitative analysis.