abstract background: accumulation of secretions in the airways of patients with an endotracheal tube and mechanical ventilation will have serious consequences. one of the most common methods of airway clearance is endotracheal suctioning. in order to facilitate discharge of airway secretion resulting in promotion of gas exchange, chest physiotherapy techniques can be used at the time of expirat...

This study investigated which physiological parameters change when endotracheal and upper airway suctioning is performed immediately before, immediately after and five minutes after this procedure is performed in newborns hospitalized in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). This is a quantitative and longitudinal study, before and after type, performed in the NICU of a public institution in t...

Background: In the context of today’s critical care, many patients require prolonged intubation and tracheostomy care. Though these are life-saving procedures, they are not totally devoid of complications. Suctioning of secretions via the ET tube/tracheostomy tube with a suction catheter is associated with trauma to the passages owing to the structure and material of catheters. To avoid the tra...

Both a reduction in tidal volume and in alveolar recruitment may be necessary to prevent ventilatorinduced lung injury in the management of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome. The lung collapse associated with endotracheal suctioning produces hypoxaemia, but it also causes derecruitment, potentially aggravating lung injury. A study conducted by Dyhr and colleagues demonstrates th...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the respiratory and hemodynamic effects of open suctioning (OS) versus closed suctioning (CS) during pressure-control (PC) and volume-control (VC) ventilation, using a lung-protective ventilation strategy in an animal model of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). SETTING Animal laboratory in a university hospital. DESIGN Randomized cross-over evaluation. ANIMA...

OBJECTIVE This study is to test the effectiveness of fiber-optic-guided endotracheal suction catheter (visual sputum suctioning system or VSSS) in dog models. METHODS Dog sputum models were established by administering dimethoate emulsifiable. Twenty-seven intubated dogs were equally randomized into three groups of conventional suctioning (CS) group, VSSS with no supplemental oxygen (VSSS) gr...

Objective: This study aimed to determine the effects of deep and superficial endotracheal suctioning on hemodynamic parameters pain level in mechanically ventilated neurosurgical patients. Patients Methods: prospective, randomized, controlled experimental was conducted 37 patients who underwent using open system. The arterial blood pressure, heart rate, body temperature, respiratory oxygen satu...

abstract background: endotracheal suctioning (ets) is an essential procedure performed for mechanically ventilated patients. ets can be either performed by open or closed suctioning system (css). there may be some concern on how closed‑system ets is practiced by intensive care nurses. this study was designed to investigate closed‑system ets practices of critical care nurses and to compare their...