Investigation into the effect of closed-system suctioning on the frequency of pediatric ventilator-associated pneumonia in a developing country

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Morrow, Brenda M ^a   Mowzer, Rukaiya ^a,b   Pitcher, Richard ^c   Argent, Andrew C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Physiotherapy Department and Paediatric Intensive Care Unit   (South Africa)

^c RED CROSS WAR MEMORIAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

closed system suctioning; mechanical ventilation; pediatric; ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855653675     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: 19473893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e31820ac0a2     Document Type: Article

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