Chest Physiotherapy in Pediatrics Patients With Pneumonia

NCT ID: NCT01017081

Last Updated: 2009-11-20

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

72 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2001-09-30

Study Completion Date

2002-09-30

Brief Summary

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Chest physiotherapy has been used to treat pediatric patients hospitalized with pneumonia however there was no evidence to support a beneficial effect in pediatric patients.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Pneumonia

Keywords

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physiotherapy children clinical trial

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Control

Non-mandatory request to maintain lateral positioning to improve air exchange, to cough in order to clear secretion, and to perform diaphragmatic and deep breathing, for five minutes, once a day, during hospital stay.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Positioning and cough

Intervention Type OTHER

Non-mandatory request to maintain lateral positioning to improve air exchange and cough

Physiotherapy

Physiotherapy: Children younger than 5 years: Manual Thoracic vibration (TV), thoracic compression (TC), positive expiratory pressure (PEP), and forced exhalation with the glottis open ("huffing"). Children aged 5 years or older: same procedures in addition to the ventilatory patterns, and a forced expiratory technique (FET), consisting of one or two "huffs" (forced expirations) followed by a period of relaxed, controlled diaphragmatic breathing, three times per day, for 10 to 12 minutes, during hospital admission.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Physiotherapy

Intervention Type OTHER

Physiotherapy: three times per day, for 10 to 12 minutes, during hospital admission

Interventions

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Physiotherapy

Physiotherapy: three times per day, for 10 to 12 minutes, during hospital admission

Intervention Type OTHER

Positioning and cough

Non-mandatory request to maintain lateral positioning to improve air exchange and cough

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Children aged 1 to 12 years with acute community-acquired pneumonia (cough, tachypnea, fever and with a chest radiography with lobar, segmental or bronchopneumonia within the first 48 hours)

Exclusion Criteria

* Severely ill patients (hospitalized in intensive care units)
* Pleural effusion treated with chest drainage
* Atelectasis detected by x-ray
* Pneumonia or pleural effusion in the previous six months
* Other pulmonary underlying disease, heart disease, cerebral palsy or immune deficiency
Minimum Eligible Age

1 Year

Maximum Eligible Age

12 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Santa Casa de Porto Alegre

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Janice Luisa Lukrafka

Locations

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Santa Casa de Porto Alegre

Posto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Site Status

Countries

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Brazil

Other Identifiers

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FISIOPUL

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id