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Chest Physiotherapy in Pediatrics Patients With Pneumonia

NCT01017081 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 72

Last updated 2009-11-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Chest physiotherapy has been used to treat pediatric patients hospitalized with pneumonia however there was no evidence to support a beneficial effect in pediatric patients.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Physiotherapy

Physiotherapy: three times per day, for 10 to 12 minutes, during hospital admission

OTHER

Positioning and cough

Non-mandatory request to maintain lateral positioning to improve air exchange and cough

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

    collaborator OTHER

  • Santa Casa de Porto Alegre

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Year
Max Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2001-09-30
Primary Completion
2002-09-30
Completion
2002-09-30

Countries

  • Brazil

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