The Effects of Open and Closed Endotracheal Suctioning on Intracranial Pressure and Cerebral Perfusion Pressure: A Crossover, Single-Blind Clinical Trial.

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Although endotracheal suctioning is a routine nursing intervention, this procedure can lead to an increase in intracranial pressure (ICP). This study was planned to determine the appropriate suctioning technique (open system suctioning [OS] and closed system suctioning [CS]) to minimize variability of ICP and cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) in neurologically impaired patients. The study, which was designed as a crossover, single-blind clinical trial, consisted of 32 neurosurgical patients who underwent ICP monitoring, intra-arterial blood pressure monitoring, and endotracheal intubation in t ...Daha fazlası

Makale 2012 Journal of Neuroscience Nursing 44 ( 6 ) 15 Görüntülenme

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Patient perception of environmental and nursing factors contributing to sleep disturbances in a neurosurgical intensive care unit

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Many factors may affect sleep in the neurosurgery intensive care unit (NSICU), including therapeutic and diagnostic procedures, medications, the underlying disease process, and noise generated in NSICU. This study was aimed to determine the factors and nursing interventions, which affect the patients' sleep in NSICU, and to ascertain future descriptive research studies in nursing. The sample consisted of 84 voluntary patients hospitalized at a university hospital. They were consecutively asked to fill out a questionnaire in face-to-face interviews, and on the same day they were transferred out ...Daha fazlası

Makale 2007 The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine , pp. 2 - 308 10 Görüntülenme