NCT01069185

Differences in Morbidity Between a Necessity Endotracheal Suctioning Protocol Versus a Routine Endotracheal Suctioning

Differences in Morbidity Frequency Between a Necessity Endotracheal Suctioning Protocol Versus a Routine Endotracheal Suctioning Protocol in Hospital Pablo Tobon Uribe´s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 92 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hospital Pablo Tobón Uribe · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 1 Month – 14 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Morbidity frequency associated to a endotracheal suctioning is different between a necessity endotracheal suctioning protocol versus a routine endotracheal protocol.

Detailed description

Endotracheal aspiration is a very useful procedure. It has several adverse events every time that aspiration is practiced. This trials wants to identify which protocol (necessity versus routine) could be better to practice in pediatrics intensive care unit with less risk.

Conditions

• Hypoxemia
• Arrhythmias
• Cardiac Arrest
• Ventilator Associated Pneumonia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Necessity endotracheal suctioning	Endotracheal suctioning depends on clinical manifestations
PROCEDURE	Routine endotracheal suctioning	Endotracheal suctioning every two hours

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-02-01
• Primary completion: 2010-08-01
• Completion: 2010-08-01
• First posted: 2010-02-17
• Last updated: 2017-09-11
• Results posted: 2017-09-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Colombia