Effect of Thoracic Block Technique on Arterial Blood Gases in Children With Atelectasis on Mechanical Ventilation

N/ACompletedNCT05821998

Cairo University44 enrolled

Overview

Statement of the problem: • Does the thoracic block technique has effect on arterial blood gases, vital signs and lung compliance in children with atelectasis on mechanical ventilation? Null hyposis there is no effect of thoracic block technique on arterial blood gases, vital signs and lung compliance in children with atelectasis on mechanical ventilation.

Subjects: The study targets the children from both sexes.diagnosed with atelectasis in intensive care unit. Sample size estimation will be carried out to determine the recruited number of children, selected randomly from Cairo University pediatric specialized hospital, Cairo to participate in the study, Study design: Randomized controlled clinical trial. Children will receive intervention type randomly, 22 child received percussion, vibration, modified postural drainage and the other 22 child will receive percussion, vibration, modified postural drainage and thoracic block technique. Children will be assessed by measuring heart rate, respiratory rate,which reflect the physiological status, arterial blood gases which include partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2), partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO2) and oxygen saturation (SaO2) and dynamic lung compliance which reflect clinical improvement of chest condition before and after ten days of receiving intervention

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Atelectasis Intensive Care Unit Children

Interventions

Thoracic block techniqueOTHER

Manual compression of the healthy lung during expiration associated with the use of invasive or non invasive mechanical ventilation

Designed chest physical therapy programOTHER

Percussion, vibration and modified postural drainage

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 4 MonthsMax age: 4 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: 1. age range from 4 months to 4 years. 2. diagnosed with pneumonia, receiving mechanical ventilation. 3. start from second day of admission to intensive care unit 4. have unilateral mild to moderate atelectasis according to medical referral. 5. should be vitally stable during the session. Exclusion Criteria: The children were excluded from the study if they had one of the following: 1. medically unstable ( examples: tachycardia and tachypnea) 2. uncontrolled convulsion. 3. rib fracture. 4. pneumothorax -

Locations (1)

Cairo University

Cairo, Egypt

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Assessment of oxygenation status

Assessment of change of partial pressure of arterial oxygen which is one value in arterial blood gases test results which calculated by arterial blood gases analyzier and comparing results before and after intervention

Time frame: 10 days for each participant

Assessment of ventilation status

Assessment of change of partial pressure of carbon dioxide which is one value of arterial blood gases test results and calculated by arterial blood gases analyzier before and after intervention

Time frame: 10 days for each participant

Assessment of dynamic lung compliance

Assessment of change in lung compliance value during air flow which calculated automatically by mechanical ventilator, we record it before and after intervention

Time frame: 10 days for each participant

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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