Comparing efficacy of chest physiotherapy techniques in 0-24 months babies with lower respiratory tract infectio
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: J22- Unspecified acute lower respiratory infection
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/04/041854
- Lead Sponsor
- il
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 30
Inclusion Criteria
A.Babies of age 0 to 24 months
B.Babies hospitalized and referred by pediatrician for chest physiotherapy
C.Babies diagnosed with LRTI
D.And if they presented with any one of the following factors:
i.e., history of apnoea, cyanosis, respiratory rate more than 60/min, pulse oximetry less than 95%, presence of cough/fever, consolidation and/ or infiltrates associated/ or not with pneumonia or bronchiolitis on chest radiograph
Exclusion Criteria
A.Babies with severe respiratory distress, requiring mechanical ventilation in PICU
B.Babies with cardiac disease, respiratory conditions previously, bone disease, rickets and with known rib fracture.
C.Babies with thrombocytopenia
D.Babies on prolonged corticosteroid treatment
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Time to recoveryTimepoint: At baseline till recovery
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ilTimepoint: Nil