A Survey of Suctioning Practices among Physical Therapists, Respiratory Therapists and Nurses

Dina Brooks; Sherra Solway; Ian Graham; Laurie Downes; Margaret Carter

doi:10.1155/1999/230141

Canadian Respiratory Journal (Jan 1999)

A Survey of Suctioning Practices among Physical Therapists, Respiratory Therapists and Nurses

Dina Brooks,
Sherra Solway,
Ian Graham,
Laurie Downes,
Margaret Carter

Affiliations

Dina Brooks: Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sherra Solway: Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ian Graham: Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Loeb Research Institute, Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Laurie Downes: Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Margaret Carter: College of Respiratory Therapists of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/1999/230141
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 6
pp. 513 – 520

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: To assess the current tracheal and oropharyngeal suctioning practice variability within and among the professions of physical therapy, respiratory therapy and nursing.

Published in Canadian Respiratory Journal

ISSN: 1198-2241 (Print); 1916-7245 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/crj/

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