Endotracheal tubes tend to reduce effective cough and ciliary clearance due the need for a closed glottis truly be maintained. This all makes periodical endotracheal suctioning very much necessary. A Study conducted in India April 2009 among 98neonates, shows that VAP rates are 37.2% per 1000 mechanical ventilation days. developed nearly one third of intubated neonates having gram negative orga...

BACKGROUND Clearing the endotracheal tube through suctioning should be done to promote oxygenation. Depth of suctioning is one of the variables in this regard. In shallow suctioning method, the catheter passes to the tip of the endotracheal tube, and in deep suctioning method, it passes beyond the tip into the trachea or brunches. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of shallow and deep suct...

OBJECTIVE To provide physicians, physiotherapists, nurses and respiratory therapists with guidelines for the application of airway suctioning. DESIGN This clinical practice guideline was developed using the model by Browman and colleagues. A working group of representatives from four professional colleges (nurses, physicians and surgeons, physiotherapists and respiratory therapists) and resea...

Secretion management in the mechanically ventilated patient includes routine methods for maintaining mucociliary function, as well as techniques for secretion removal. Humidification, mobilization of the patient, and airway suctioning are all routine procedures for managing secretions in the ventilated patient. Early ambulation of the post-surgical patient and routine turning of the ventilated ...