Audit of Endotracheal Tube Suction in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

作者：Davies Kylie^*; Bulsara Max K; Ramelet Anne Sylvie; Monterosso Leanne

来源：Clinical Nursing Research, 2017, 26(1): 68-81.

DOI：10.1177/1054773815598272

• intensive care unit
• health care settings
• clinical research areas
• nursing interventions
• pediatrics

We report outcomes of a clinical audit examining criteria used in clinical practice to rationalize endotracheal tube (ETT) suction, and the extent these matched criteria in the Endotracheal Suction Assessment Tool(ESAT)(c). A retrospective audit of patient notes (N = 292) and analyses of criteria documented by pediatric intensive care nurses to rationalize ETT suction were undertaken. The median number of documented respiratory and ventilation status criteria per ETT suction event that matched the ESAT (c) criteria was 2 [Interquartile Range (IQR) 1-6].

• 出版日期2017-2