Endotracheal suctioning is performed regularly in ventilated infants and children to remove obstructive secretions. The effect of suctioning on respiratory mechanics is not known. This study aimed to determine the immediate effect of endotracheal suctioning on dynamic lung compliance, tidal volume, and airway resistance in mechanically-ventilated paediatric patients by means of a prospective ob...

background endotracheal suctioning is a necessary procedure practiced by nurses in intensive care units to remove lung secretions. this procedure leads to higher oxygenation levels and reduced breathing difficulties. it also prevents atelectasis, pulmonary infections, and the accumulation of secretions. objectives the present study aims to compare the effectiveness of open and closed endotrache...

BACKGROUND Critically ill patients who need mechanical ventilation require endotracheal suctioning. Guidelines recommend coarse crackles over the trachea and/or the presence of a sawtooth pattern on the flow-volume loop of the ventilator waveform as the best indicators. OBJECTIVE To determine clinical cues for endotracheal suctioning in patients who require mechanical ventilation. METHODS A...

BACKGROUND In patients undergoing mechanical ventilation, mucus production and secretion is high as a result of the endotracheal tube. Because endotracheal suction in these patients is essential, chest physiotherapy techniques such as expiratory rib cage compression before endotracheal suctioning can be used as a means to facilitate mobilizing and removing airway secretion and improving alveola...

BACKGROUND Although endotracheal suctioning induces alveolar derecruitment during mechanical ventilation, it is not clear whether repeated endotracheal suctioning exacerbates lung injuries. The present study aimed to determine whether repeated open endotracheal suctioning (OS) exacerbates lung injury compared to closed endotracheal suctioning (CS) during mechanical ventilation in an animal mode...

BACKGROUND Expiratory rib-cage compression, a chest physiotherapy technique, is well known as the "squeezing" technique in Japan. OBJECTIVE To determine the effects of rib-cage compression on airway-secretion removal, oxygenation, and ventilation in patients receiving mechanical ventilation. SETTING An intensive care unit of an emergency and critical care center at a tertiary-care teaching ...

background & aim: with the implementation of incorrectly airway suctioning, many complications and risks can be followed. therefore, health care providers can expedite recovery of patients by increasing in quality of suction. this study was conducted to evaluate the effect of clinical audit process on the level of endotracheal tube suctioning skill in nurses and anesthesia technicians working i...

background: in patients undergoing mechanical ventilation, mucus production and secretion is high as a result of the endotracheal tube. because endotracheal suction in these patients is essential, chest physiotherapy techniques such as expiratory rib cage compression before endotracheal suctioning can be used as a means to facilitate mobilizing and removing airway secretion and improving alveol...