Instillation of normal saline before suctioning in patients with pneumonia

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 607-612

  Ji, Young Ra ^a   Kim, Hee Seung ^b   Park, Jeong Hwan ^c  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b Seoul Metropolitan Government Seobuk Hospital   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Normal saline instillation; Oxygen saturation; Pneumonia; Suctioning

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PNEUMONIA; PULSE OXIMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; TRACHEOTOMY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0036803583     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2002.43.5.607     Document Type: Article

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