Endotracheal tube - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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An endotracheal tube (also called an ET tube or ETT ) is used in general anaesthesia, intensive care and emergency medicine for airway management and mechanical ventilation. The tube is inserted...
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A primary portion of endotracheal tube management is suctioning down the tube every two hours or as needed. This is a sterile procedure. The color and amount of any sputum return should be noted since the endotracheal tube provides a direct connection to the lungs, making these patients highly susceptible to infection.
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Endotracheal tube suctioning remains a routine practice in the neonatal intensive care unit (Cameron 2000) with different practices across NICU's. Therefore, it is important that methods of suctioning the endotracheal tube that minimise complications are identified and implemented into practice.
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Historically, suctioning an endotracheal (ET) tube has been used routinely to remove pulmonary secretions that can block an endotracheal tube and impair air exchange in intubated patients of all ages. Patients who have experienced endotracheal suctioning describe it as profoundly unpleasant and even painful.
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Bourgault AM, Brown CA, Hains SMJ, et al: Effects of endotracheal tube suctioning on arterial oxygen tension and heart rate variability. Biol Res Nurs 2006; 7:268-278...
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One group had 5 mL of normal saline instilled at the start of endotracheal tube suctioning; the other group had the same endotracheal tube suctioning procedure without the use of saline.
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ajcc.aacnjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/8/4/231
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The purpose of this study was to examine the autonomic mechanisms underlying changes in heart rate (HR) and systolic blood pressure (SBP) responses to endotracheal tube (ETT) suctioning and to compare the open versus closed methods of ETT suctioning on these measures and on arterial oxygen tension.
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brn.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/7/4/268
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Endotracheal suctioning with normal saline is a common practice in intensive care units. This unit reviews research concerning this practice as well as the adverse effects of saline instillation.
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No evidence from trials about the optimum depth for catheter insertion when suctioning clear the endotracheal tube in babies in neonatal intensive care. Babies in neonatal intensive care often need mechanical ventilation to assist breathing.
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