Respiratory physiotherapy effect in very low birth weight newborn infants.

The effects of respiratory physiotherapy on the cardiopulmonary function in very low birth weight newborns infants.

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12608000564358

Enrollment

Registered

2008-11-10

Start date

2003-03-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

Respiratory physiotherapy has received special research attention due to its increasing use in practice. This is a prospective trial carried out in preterm newborns subjected to mechanical ventilation along their first week of life. The heart rate, oxygen saturation were evaluate before and after physiotherapy. Measurements showed that all the variables continue in physiological values after physiotheray.

Interventions

respiratory physiotherapy which includes positioning in right and left lateral decubitus,manual vibration and respiratory exercises; endotracheal suction is the suction of endotracheal tube that performed in open system. The infants received the respiratory physiotherapy for a maximum period of 10 minutes. The variables studied were measurement before and after this procedures. The endotracheal suction were carried out 5 minutes after the respiratory physiotherapy and the variables were verified

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Single group

Primary purpose

Educational / counselling / training

Masking

Open (masking not used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

0 to 7 Days

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

preterm newborns in mechanical ventilation

Exclusion criteria

abnormal malformations and genetic syndromes

Outcome results