Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 20-27 , February 2008

Pain related to tracheal suctioning in awake acutely and critically ill adults: A descriptive study

  • Carmen Mabel Arroyo-Novoa

      Affiliations

    • University of California, San Francisco, School of Nursing, San Francisco, CA, United States
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  • Milagros I. Figueroa-Ramos

      Affiliations

    • University of California, San Francisco, School of Nursing, San Francisco, CA, United States
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  • Kathleen A. Puntillo

      Affiliations

    • University of California, San Francisco, School of Nursing, San Francisco, CA, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: University of California, San Francisco, Department of Physiological Nursing, 2 Koret Way, Box 0610, San Francisco, CA 94143, United States. Tel.: +1 415 476 1844; fax: +1 415 476 8899.
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  • Julie Stanik-Hutt

      Affiliations

    • Johns Hopkins University, School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD, United States
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  • Carol Lynn Thompson

      Affiliations

    • The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, College of Nursing, Memphis, TN, United States
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  • Cheri White

      Affiliations

    • Sutter Roseville Medical Center, Roseville, CA, United States
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  • Lorie Rietman Wild

      Affiliations

    • University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States

,Accepted 16 May 2007.

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PII: S0964-3397(07)00053-5

doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2007.05.002

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 20-27 , February 2008

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