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## Summary • The objective of this study was to verify the incidence of nosocomial pneumonia in intubated and extended mechanically ventilated patients having endotracheal suctioning by an open vs. closed suction method aiming to decrease nosocomial pneumonia. • Twenty‐four (51.1%) patients received open‐tracheal suction and 23 (48.9%) received closed‐tracheal suction. The inclusion criteria were: surgical and medical patients older than 13 years, undergoing mechanical ventilation for more than 48 hours. Additional data were gathered using the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II, and details on smoking, alcoholism, diabetes mellitus, renal failure, previous lung disease, and previous use of antibiotics, steroids, H~2~ antagonists and antacids. • Among the 24 patients having open‐tracheal suction, 11 developed nosocomial pneumonia while of the 23 patients undergoing closed‐tracheal suction, seven developed infection (__P__ = 0.278). Risk factors for nosocomial pneumonia were not significantly different between the two groups. In the final logistical regression model the following variables remained: groups (open and closed) [odds ratio (OR) = 0.014; confidence interval

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Author

Sandra Salloum Zeitoun; Alba Lúcia Botura Leite De Barros; Solange Diccini

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0962-1067)

Published

2003

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)