Monitoring of regional ventilation distributions prior to and after chest physiotherapy in pediatric patients with pulmonary diseases - a feasibility study using the electrical impedance tomography.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00032506

Enrollment

Registered

2023-08-17

Start date

2023-11-06

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

Pediatric patients with acute and chronic pulmonary diseases (bronchitis, bronchopneumonia, pneumonia, atelectasis, congenital pulmonary malformations [diaphragmatic hernia, sequester, cystic malformations, pulmonary hypoplasia, scoliosis, pectus excavatum, etc.], congenital disorders of lung clearance [cystic fibrosis, ciliary dyskinesia]). J18.0 P23 J20 Q79.0 Q33.0 E84

Interventions

Group 1: Newborns, infants, toddlers, and schoolchildren with the need for chest physiotherapy in line with an acute or chronical pulmonary disease. As part of the chest physiotherapy/respiratory th

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

No minimum to 18 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Newborns, infants, small children, schoolchildren with the need for chest physiotherapy in the context of an acute or chronic pulmonary disease • Weight =3.5 kg and/or chest circumference =36cm • Parental consent to study participation

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - preterm birth <37 weeks of gestational age - Mechanical ventilation - Pediatric patients receiving palliative care - Lack of parental consent

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Detection of an improvement of the ventilation distribution after chest physiotherapy according to at minimum one EIT-Index measured with the PulmoVista 500 tomograph (Fa.Dräger): 1) Global-Inhomogeneity (GI) Index, 2) End-Expiratory Lung Impedance (EELI), or 3) mean Center-of-Ventilation (CoV).	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1) The electrical impedance tomography (EIT) measurement does not have a negative impact on the chest physiotherapeutich treatmen. 2) The electrical impedance tomography (EIT) measurement provides results with a high signal quality (delta impedance) across all lung fields in children before and after chest physiotherapy. 3) The electrical impedance tomography (EIT) gives children (>2 years, due to cognitive capability) a visual impression of the inhalation and exhalation and increases in a playfull way the motivation of the patient during the chest physiotherapy.	—

Measure

Time frame

1) The electrical impedance tomography (EIT) measurement does not have a negative impact on the chest physiotherapeutich treatmen. 2) The electrical impedance tomography (EIT) measurement provides results with a high signal quality (delta impedance) across all lung fields in children before and after chest physiotherapy. 3) The electrical impedance tomography (EIT) gives children (>2 years, due to cognitive capability) a visual impression of the inhalation and exhalation and increases in a playfull way the motivation of the patient during the chest physiotherapy.

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactLukas Schröder

Uniklinikum Bonn, Eltern-Kind-Zentrum, Klinik für Neonatologie und Pädiatrische Intensivmedizin

lukas.schroeder@ukbonn.de+49 228 287 37800

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026