Instillation of normal saline before suctioning in patients with pulmonary infections: A prospective randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 261-266

  Ackerman, Michael H ^a   Mick, Diane J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUCTION; TRACHEOSTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCTION; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0032112012     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc1998.7.4.261     Document Type: Article

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