Parental report of pediatric tracheostomy care
| Autor: | Dietrich W. Roloff, Virginia S. Nelson, Cathy Lewis, Elizabeth A. Grady, Susanna C. Bahng, Edward A. Hurvitz, Sonja VanHala |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Michigan medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Cleaning methods Home Nursing Population Suction catheter Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Suction Asepsis Tertiary care Tracheostomy Surveys and Questionnaires Equipment Reuse medicine Humans Tracheostomy care Child Intensive care medicine education Tracheostomy tube education.field_of_study business.industry Rehabilitation Infant medicine.disease Disinfection Pneumonia Child Preschool Emergency medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 79:1367-1369 |
| ISSN: | 0003-9993 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0003-9993(98)90229-5 |
| Popis: | Objective: There are little data on the actual care given pediatric tracheostomy patients in their homes. Information on the use of supplies and on techniques and frequency of care is valuable for a better understanding of the needs of this population. Design: Questionnaires were distributed by mail or at clinic visits from May 1995 to June 1996 to a convenience sample of tracheotomized patients at the University of Michigan Pediatric Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation clinic. Setting: Tertiary care clinic. Results: Clean technique for suctioning was reported by 96.7% of subjects and the rest reported sterile technique. Fifty percent of subjects reported reusing suction catheters. Cleaning solutions used to clean suction catheters for reuse varied. Tracheostomy tube reuse was reported by 55% of subjects. Sixty percent of those who reused tracheostomy tubes had had pneumonia within the previous year, whereas only 25% of those who never reused the tracheostomy tube had pneumonia in the same time period. Conclusions: Suctioning frequency, suction catheter, and tracheostomy tube reuse and cleaning methods are variables that warrant further investigation of safety and efficacy. |
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