Incidence of flaring alar nasi in newborns following rubber syringe suction of nasal secretions versus gauze-wiping followed by NSS nasal irrigation

Abstract

Objective: The goal is to compare how often symptoms of alar nasi flare up when

newborns are sucked their nasal secretions using a rubber syringe bulb and wiped their noses with gauze follow by cleaned their nasal passages with NSS.

Materials and methods : This study was a quasi-experiment. The sample was made up of 66 healthy infants delivered at Chokchai Hospital between May 1 and July 31, 2022. Gauze, saline solution, and rubber syringe bulb were the research's tools. Data were recorded: practice group, general information, breathing pattern, final diagnostic and discharge status record form. Data were collected from medical records. Data were examined using Fisher's exact test, the Mann Whitney U test, and descriptive statistics including number, percentage, mean, and standard deviation.

Results: The findings showed the incidence of flaring alar nasi in rubber syringe group and gauze wiping followed by NSS irrigation group were 22.5 and 11.5 percent respectively, that was no statistically significant difference. Results of other signs of dyspnea such as secretion sound, It was found 27.5 percent of the sucking secretions with a red syringe bulb group. The nasal swab group followed by saline nasal irrigation was 7.7%, which was statistically significant difference (p-value = 0.025).

Conclusions:   The nasal suction group experienced nasal flaring more frequently than the nasal swab followed by saline nasal irrigation group. However, no statistically significant difference was found.