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The comparison of close and open tracheal tube suction on severity of pain and physiological indicators in patients under mechanical ventilation with traumatic brain injuries

Not Applicable
Conditions
Condition 1: Pain. Condition 2: physiological indicators. Condition 3: Traumatic brain injuries.
Pain, unspecified
Other lack of expected normal physiological development
S06.9
Intracrani
Registration Number
IRCT2016052311399N4
Lead Sponsor
Vice chancellor for research, Semnan University of Medical Sciences
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
116
Inclusion Criteria

The Patient is placed under mechanical ventilation simply due to traumatic brain injuries or to subsequent secondary complications; The patient is in a coma and his GCS is less than 8; Endotracheal tube is used for patients in order to get airway; Endotracheal tube is merely through the mouth; They don’t take pain medications; Their livers and kidneys do not have trauma in the latest incident; They don’t take neuromuscular blockers; They need endotracheal tube secretion suctioning and patients don’t have severe face injuries. Exclusion criteria: The patient is brain-dead; They need to regain their suction before two hours; The existence of dangerous cardiac arrhythmias in monitoring patients; Any pain before suctioning; The use of painkillers or drugs on the stimulation of the patient’s upper airway secretions drainage and history of patients’ CPR after hospitalization.

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Pain. Timepoint: Before suctioning, during suctioning, 5 minutes after suctioning. Method of measurement: Critical-care pain objective tool.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Physiological indicators. Timepoint: Before suctioning, during suctioning, 5 minutes after suctioning. Method of measurement: Monitoring devices, pulse oximetry, recorded ETCo2.
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