Suctioning techniques and airway management practices: Pilot study and instrument evaluation

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 363-368

  Sole, Mary Lou ^a   Byers, Jacqueline F ^a   Ludy, Jeffery E ^a   Ostrow, C Lynne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH HYGIENE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; PILOT STUDY; POLICY; STANDARD; SUCTION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CRITICAL CARE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; ORAL HYGIENE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PILOT PROJECTS; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; SUCTION;

EID: 0036636848     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2002.11.4.363     Document Type: Article

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