Sentence examples for closed suction system from inspiring English sources
In this randomized trial, we evaluated the efficacy of a cleaning closed suction system (CSS), a device designed to combine a closed suction catheter and an ETT water-based cleaning system.
ECMO extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; CSS closed suction system.
We investigated the effectiveness of a cleaning closed suction system in maintaining the endotracheal tube free from secretions.
The use of a novel cleaning closed suction system proved to be effective in reducing secretions present in the ETT after extubation, possibly reducing resistance to airflow during intubation.
Upon enrollment, patients were randomized to receive standard care (control group) with the CSS in use in our ICU (KimVent closed suction system, Kimberly-Clark Corp., Neenah, WI USA,) or the use of a novel cleaning CSS (Airway Medix closed suctioning system, Biovo Technologies, Tel Aviv, Israel, treatment group).
There is little evidence that closed suction systems offer clinical advantage over open suction in terms of arterial oxygenation.
Closed suction systems were identified as recommended by 69%, and 20% knew that these must be changed for each new patient only.
We then introduced the following interventions: routine use of heat-moisture exchanger filters and closed suction systems to reduce VAP, and use of antibiotic-coated central venous catheters to reduce CLABSI.
Also, currently recommended strategies for reduction of ICU pneumonia, such as ventilator circuit changes, closed suction systems, and semi-recumbent positioning, were not standardized or not even practiced in many of the included studies.
Recent clinical practice guidelines recommend a variety of preventative measures, including orotracheal (rather than endotracheal) intubation, closed suctioning systems, weekly changes of heat and moisture exchangers, semi-recumbent positioning, and subglottic secretion drainage [ 3].
