The Effect of the Open and Closed System Suctions on Pain Severity and Physiological Indicators in Mechanically Ventilated Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury: A Randomised Controlled Trial.
Abbasali EbrahimianMaedeh TourdehFatemeh PaknazarHossein DavariPublished in: Turkish journal of anaesthesiology and reanimation (2019)
Compared to OTSS, CTSS can cause higher reductions in pain levels during and after suctioning in patients with head traumas and can also cause higher improvements in physiological indicators, such as RR, O2 saturation and EtCO2.