Influence of Techniques of Chest Physiotherapy in the Pediatric Intensive Care

Influence of Techniques of Chest Physiotherapy on the Respiratory Status and the Hemodynamic Impact in the Pediatric Intensive Care

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03112811

Enrollment

Registered

2017-04-13

Start date

2007-04-03

Completion date

2021-01-01

Last updated

2017-04-13

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Conditions

Atelectasis

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the effect of the autogenic drainage and the intrapulmonary percussive ventilation on the levying of the lung atelectasis, by means of the thoracic imaging (thoracic ultrasound and radiography), at the intubated or extubated child with the ventilatory support.

Interventions

DEVICEAutogenic drainage

The manual technique of the chest physiotherapy to move the secretions

DEVICEIntrapulmonary percussive ventilation

The instrumental technique of the chest physiotherapy to move the secretions

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

No minimum to 16 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Child \< 10 kg * Hospitalization in the pediatric intensive care * Presence of an atelectasis to the radiography and/or to the lung ultrasound * Presence of an invasive ventilation or a non-invasive ventilation * Criteria of cardio-respiratory stability met

Exclusion criteria

* Absence of the physiotherapist and the radiologist referents (by ex: at night) * Prematurity * Neuromuscular disease * Ventilation by high-frequency oscillation * Extraphysical Assistance * Patient cardiac post-surgery with closure postponed from the thorax. In the closure of the thorax, the patient becomes eligible * Intracranial pressure \> 20 mmHg or clinical signs of intracranial high blood pressure

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Compare the atelectasis scores	Baseline between thoracic ultrasound and chest x-ray	Compare the atelectasis scores between thoracic ultrasound and chest x-ray
Change from baseline Atelectasis scores at 20 min	Baseline and at 20 min	Each atelectasis has a thoracic ultrasound
Change from baseline cardiac frequency at 20 min, 30 min, 50 min, 80 min	Baseline and at 20 min, 30 min, 50 min, 80 min	Stability of the parameters
Change from baseline respiratory frequency at 20 min, 30 min, 50 min, 80 min	Baseline and at 20 min, 30 min, 50 min, 80 min	Stability of the parameters
Change from baseline systolic blood pressure at 20 min, 30 min, 50 min, 80 min	Baseline and at 20 min, 30 min, 50 min, 80 min	Stability of the parameters
Change from baseline diastolic blood pressure at 20 min, 30 min, 50 min, 80 min	Baseline and at 20 min, 30 min, 50 min, 80 min	Stability of the parameters
Change from baseline oxygen saturation at 20 min, 30 min, 50 min, 80 min	Baseline and at 20 min, 30 min, 50 min, 80 min	Stability of the parameters
Change from baseline expiratory CO2 at 20 min, 30 min, 50 min, 80 min	Baseline and at 20 min, 30 min, 50 min, 80 min	Stability of the parameters

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Number of unexpected events	At 20 min	Pain, desaturation, accidentally extubation

Countries

Belgium

Contacts

Primary ContactDamien Moerman, PT

damien.moerman@uclouvain.be

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026