J Korean Acad Child Health Nurs.  2010 Apr;16(2):128-135.

A Study on Oxygen Saturation, Vital Signs, and Vomiting by Routine Suctioning to Healthy Newborns at Nursery

• Choi HM
• Lee JH

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study aimed to confirm the effect of routine suctioning at a nursery for healthy newborns who have undergone immediate oronasopharyngeal bulb suctioning after birth in a delivery room through the observation of their oxygen saturation level, heart rate, respiration rate, the vomiting sign, and the number of instances of vomiting.
METHODS
Data were collected for 62 days from March 15 to May 15, 2009 at the nursery of a hospital located in Seoul. One hundred forty newborns were assigned to one of three groups: a no suction group, an oropharyngeal suction group, or a orogastric suction group. Collected data were analyzed with the SPSS WIN 15.0 program using ANOVA, cross tabulations and an independent 2-sample t-test.
RESULTS
Routine suctioning to healthy newborns resulted in decreasing oxygen saturation levels and increasing the heart and respiration rate regardless of the kind of suctioning. Stabilization of the oxygen saturation level and vital signs was also observed without suctioning.
CONCLUSION
To prevent healthy newborns from the side effect of suctioning, selective suctioning is recommended.

Keyword

Suction; Newborn; Oximetry; Vital signs; Vomiting

MeSH Terms

Delivery Rooms
Heart
Heart Rate
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Nurseries
Oximetry
Oxygen
Parturition
Respiratory Rate
Suction
Vital Signs
Vomiting
Child Health
Oxygen