@article{Niyomwit_Khammarit_2019, place={Chanthaburi, Thailand}, title={Nursing Care for Reducing Secretion Retention in Pediatric Patients}, volume={30}, url={https://he01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/pnc/article/view/172980}, abstractNote={<p>Secretion retention is found in pediatric patients with acute, severe, or chronic pulmonary pathology which caused from the lower respiratory tract infection. As a result of the respiratory tract in young children is small and different from adults, when there is secretion retention, it will seriously affect health condition and causes respiratory failure especially in children under 5 years. Nursing care for reducing secretion retention in pediatric patients emphasizes secretion drainage and respiratory obstruction prevention through the main principles that comprises 1) assessing for hypoxia and hypoxemia; 2) oxygen therapy with humidification; 3) maintenance intravenous fluids; 4) nursing management of secretion retention and airway obstruction; 5) effective mucus and secretion drainage; 6) equipment using for secretion drainage; 7) psychological care for pediatric patients and their families; and 8) promoting family involvement in patient care for prevention of secretion retention recurrence.</p>}, number={1}, journal={Journal of Phrapokklao Nursing College, Chanthaburi}, author={Niyomwit, Kanyapat and Khammarit, Supa}, year={2019}, month={May}, pages={216–225} }