neonatal intensive care units nurses’ attitude toward advantages and disadvantages of open vs closed endotracheal suction

Neonatal Intensive Care Units Nurses’ Attitude Toward Advantages and Disadvantages of Open vs Closed Endotracheal Suction

BACKGROUND The vital issue of protecting the airway and maintaining ventilation in preterm infants makes tracheal suctioning an important procedure. The decision to use closed or open endotracheal suction method depends on the clinical status of infants and the nurses' skills and preferences. OBJECTIVES The current study aimed to compare the two methods based on the perceptions of the nurses ...

Open versus Closed Endotracheal Suctioning in the Intensive Care Comparison of Closed Endotracheal Suction Versus

BACKGROUND: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), a frequent nosocomial infection in the intensive care, is associated with considerable morbidity. Endotracheal suctioning is routinely performed in mechanically ventilated patients to clear secretions. This study assessed if there were advantages of closed endotracheal suctioning (CES) over open endotracheal suctioning (OES) with respect to cli...

Nurses' attitude towards end-of-life care in neonatal intensive care units

Introduction: Infants with life-threatening conditions need to receive palliative care. Nurses should have appropriate attitudes due to their key role in end-of-life care to the patient.Therefore, this study is conducted with the aim of "determining attitude of nurses towards end-of-life care in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) ". Method: In this descriptive cross-sectional study, 214 nurs...

Perspective of Nurses toward the Patient Safety Culture in Neonatal Intensive Care Units

Background: Infants hospitalized in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) are often severely ill, highly prone to various diseases, and exposed to complex and prolonged intensive care interventions. Consequently, they are susceptible to the lapses in teamwork and patient safety. Patient safety culture a fundamental step to improve patient safety. The present study aimed to evaluate the perspect...

Intensive Care Units: Open or Closed?

ventilator-associated pneumonia in patients admitted to intensive care units, using open or closed endotracheal suctioning

background critically ill patients under mechanical ventilation require frequent suctioning of airway secretion. closed suction permits suctioning without disconnection from ventilator; so it might decrease hypoxemia and infection rate. objectives this study aimed to evaluate the effect of closed tracheal suction system (ctss) versus open tracheal suction system (otss). patients and methods thi...