Chest Physiotherapy in Pediatrics Patients With Pneumonia

Santa Casa de Porto Alegre72 enrolled

Overview

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Pneumonia

Interventions

PhysiotherapyOTHER

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

Positioning and coughOTHER

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

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 1 YearMax age: 12 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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

Locations (1)

Santa Casa de Porto Alegre

Posto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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