Tracheostomy suctioning is a procedure that helps clear mucus secretions in people with a tracheostomy tube. Some individuals may require frequent suctioning, for example, if they have a lung ...

Forty-three clinical trials and systematic reviews were identified, of which 14 were initially excluded as they either did not evaluate suctioning specifically or they concerned the adult age ...

Suctioning was performed when a patient presented ... be delayed in patients because of pending diagnostic or therapeutic procedures and in those with a limited level of consciousness who were ...

Endotracheal tube (ETT) suction is a frequently performed procedure to maintain airway patency in the intubated infant. 1 The standard open method (OS) of removal of secretions from the airway ...

Personal hygiene — that is, washing the hands thoroughly between suctioning procedures — was often neglected by attendants. Most workers wet catheters in water or saline solution before ...