Intrapulmonary Percussive Ventilation for Children With Bronchiolitis on Non-Invasive Ventilation Support

Soroka University Medical Center50 enrolled

Overview

Prospective randomized study of patients admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit suffering from Bronchiolitis and are supported on Non Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation. The patient population will be divided into two groups, one group will receive conventional treatment and the other group will receive conventional treatment and three times a day of physiotherapy using Intrapulmonary Percussive Ventilation.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Bronchiolitis

Interventions

Intrapulmonary Percussive Ventilation (Percussionaire Corp, Sandpoint, Idaho)DEVICE

IPV physiotherapy 3 times a day

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMax age: 2 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Bronchiolitis * PICU patients * Non Invasive Pressure Support Ventilation * Age \< 24 months Exclusion Criteria: * Age \> 24 months * Invasive Ventilation * No parental consent

Locations (1)

Soroka Medical Center

Beersheba, Israel

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Length of PICU Stay

Time frame: 10 days

Need for Invasive Ventilation Support

Time frame: 10 days

Secondary Outcomes

S/F ratio

Pulse oximetry saturation/fraction of inspired oxygen

Time frame: Baseline, 15, 30 and 150 minutes after intervention

Prevention of lung atelectasis

Per chest x-ray

Time frame: 10 days

Central Contacts

Yuval Cavari, MD

CONTACT

972-504562280 cavari@bgu.ac.il

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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