Improving Airway Clearance with Hand Oscillator in Children with Lower Respiratory Illnesses

Phase 2

Completed

• Conditions: pediatric patients lower respiratory diseases who require airway clearance therapy; High frequency chest wall oscillation; Airway clearance techniques; secretion drainage; chest physiotherapy; chest vibration; children

• Registration Number: TCTR20171204001
• Lead Sponsor: Ramathibodi Research Fund, Faculty of medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Completion: 2017-11-30
• Study Start: 2017-12-04
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 57

Inclusion Criteria

Children aged 1 month to 10 years
Patient hospitalized in Ramathibodi hospital with lower respiratory illness
Patient who require airway clearance therapy due to retain secretion

Exclusion Criteria

Patient with
- hemodynamic instability
- pneumothorax / pleural effusion
- bone fragility or rib fractures
- increased intracranial pressure
- active hemoptysis or risk of bleeding
- Patient who refused to participate
- Patient who require airway clearance therapy more often than q 4 hours or less often than q 6 hours

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
wet and dry sputum weight morning and 4-6 hours later weight of wet and dry sputum

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Duration of sputum clearance from the start to the end of respiratory care sessions Times for sputum clearance,Improvement of respiratory score within 1 hour after respiratory care sessions number of patients with improve score ,satisfaction at the end of study questionaire,Complications through out the study number of patients with complication