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Study aim
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Comparison the effect of distilled water and normal saline instillation during endotracheal suctioning on hemodynamic parameters and ventilator associated pneumonia among patients under mechanical ventilation
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Design
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A parallel single blinded randomized controlled clinical trial
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Settings and conduct
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Selecting of 60 intubated patients admitted to the intensive care unit of Imam Jafar Sadegh Hospital affiliated to Alborz University of Medical Sciences, randomly, and instillation 3 to 5 cc of either distilled water or normal saline in the trachea before endotracheal suctioning for 5 continuous days by nurse in the intervention and control group, respectively, and after that, obtaining culture from trachea and send it to the laboratory to determine the ventilator-associated pneumonia by the laboratory staffs blinded to the allocation groups
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria: Negative culture of the trachea; Systolic blood pressure more than 90 mmHg; Normal level of electrolytes; Without cardiac arrhythmia; Urinary output more than 30 cc per hour; Without asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or lung infections. Exclusion criteria: With previous asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or lung infections.
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Intervention groups
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Intervention group: Instillation of 3 to 5 cc of distilled water (Samen company, Iran) in the trachea before endotracheal suctioning for 5 continuous days by nurse
Control group: Instillation of 3 to 5 cc of normal saline (Samen company, Iran) in the trachea before endotracheal suctioning for 5 continuous days by nurse
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Main outcome variables
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Ventilator associated pneumonia;
Hemodynamic parameters such as blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate, and peripheral blood oxygen saturation (SpO2)