The closed tracheal suction catheter: 24 hour or 48 hour change?

Australian Critical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 86-92

  Darvas, Jenny A ^a   Hawkins, Leesa G ^a  

^a HORNSBY KU RING GAI HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PNEUMONIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SUCTION; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS; SUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0642379783     PISSN: 10367314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1036-7314(03)80005-X     Document Type: Article

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