Historically, suctioning an endotracheal (ET) tube has been used routinely to remove pulmonary secretions that can block an endotracheal tube and impair air exchange in intubated patients of all ages.

Endotracheal tube (ETT) suction is performed periodically on infants receiving mechanical ventilation to clear secretions from the ETT and airway. Although necessary, it is associated with adverse ...

The researchers say that although suctioning has been widely practised since the 1970s, there has been little hard evidence of its usefulness. Doctors tend to use it as a precaution when there are ...

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the physiological variance in a closed (CS) vs an open suction (OS) protocol in intubated infants. STUDY DESIGN: Infants were stratified into three weight groups in a randomized ...

Objective: To provide a comprehensive, evidence-based review of pediatric endotracheal suctioning: effects, indications, and clinical practice. Methods: PubMed, Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied ...

One of the indications for creating a tracheostomy is to provide access to the airway to clear respiratory secretions. However, when a tracheostomy tube is inserted, the patient’s ability to remove ...

Patients with a tracheostomy are discharged from hospital increasingly early and require suction to maintain the patency of their airways. Suction machines are therefore an increasingly common piece ...