Home > Journals > Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Journal

Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Journal

Submit your article Read this Journals View all journals
Full Text (PDF)
Original Article

Effect of saline instillation on haemodynamic parameters during endotacheal suctioning in patients with pulmonary infections: A randomized controlled trial

Muthukumaran S. , Prem V. , Muthukumaran S. , Vaishali K.

Author Information

Licence:



Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Journal 4(1):p 11-20, January - March 2011. | DOI:

How Cite This Article:

Timeline

Received : N/A         Accepted : N/A          Published : N/A

Abstract

Objective: Saline instillation is one of the ways to improve secretion removal during endotracheal suctioning. In the present study we compared the saline instillation to no saline instillation group on haemodynamic parameters. Design: Randomized Controlled trial. Settings: Fifty - bedded mixed intensive care unit of a tertiary care teaching institute. Materials and Methods: The study included sixty mechanically ventilated subjects, diagnosed with pulmonary infections were randomly assigned to saline and no saline group with thirty subjects in each group. Following single session of suctioning procedure, haemodynamic parameters such as oxygen saturation, heart rate, blood pressure, and respiratory rate were measured at baseline, immediate and 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 10th, 15th and 30th minutes. Measurements: Two way ANOVA was used to find the difference between two groups. Comparison between groups with respect to baseline data was done by Mann-Whitney U test. Results: Comparison of two groups on oxygen saturation resulted in significant decrease in saline group compared to no saline group (P<0.05).The extent of reduction was 98% to 95% with significant drop at 2nd, 3rd and 5th minutes. There was no significant difference between groups on heart rate, blood pressure, and respiratory rate. Conclusion: The present study concludes instillation of saline for secretion removal to be used judicially as it leads to decreased oxygen saturation.

Key words: Endotracheal suctioning, Pulmonary infections, Saline instillation.

References

No records found.


About this article

Cite this article

Licence:



Received Accepted Published
N/A N/A N/A
DOI:

Keywords


Article Level Metrics

Last Updated

Saturday 28 February 2026, 23:08:55 (IST)

595

Accesses

0
250
00

Citations


NA
NA
NA

Download citation


Article Keywords

Keyword Highlighting

Highlight selected keywords in the article text.


Timeline

Received N/A
Accepted N/A
Published N/A

licence




Access this article

Reprint Order Form
Buy this Article
Institutional Subscriptions

Share