March 30, 201016 yr There is a beautiful evidence based clinical practice guidelines regarding one of the commonest procedures done on an intubated baby in the NICU. Gardner DL, Shirland L. Evidence-based guideline for suctioning the intubated neonate and infant. Neonatal Netw. 2009 Sep-Oct;28(5):281-302. Review. PubMed PMID: 19720593. The whole text is available via Medscape LINK (To view the whole article you have to be registered with medscape. Considering registration in medscape is free for all, that should not be a problem !)
March 30, 201016 yr Author When I read this review , I found that so many of our practices need to be changed.
April 30, 201016 yr thank you very much for the article, I am going share with my colleagues and bring a change in the current practices
February 7, 201412 yr Try this link: http://www.academyofneonatalnursing.org/WritingCenter/EBPforSuctioningIntubatedNeonate.pdf
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