Nursing in critical care
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To determine the current practice among critical care nurses in the UK with regard to airway management during cuff deflation and extubation. ⋯ The majority of UK critical care nurses either suction the trachea during cuff deflation and extubation of patients and/or simply ask the patient to cough. Further clinical trials are required to identify the most appropriate and safe technique for critically ill patients.
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Nursing in critical care · Nov 2010
An evaluation of enteral feeding practices in critically ill children.
Establishing and sustaining enteral feeding in critically ill children is challenging and has met with many problems. ⋯ This paper highlights the dearth of research related to enteral feeding in critically ill children. We found that the use of feeding guidelines improved calorie delivery and so units should be encouraged to develop their own guidelines based on the best evidence available.