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Effect of Prolonged Slow Expiration Technique on Blood Gases Among Pneumatic Neonates

NCT05781464 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 32

Last updated 2023-11-29

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Summary

Pneumonia is a medical condition that, if not treated promptly, can lead to life- threatening complications. The prolonged slow expiration technique is a new type of chest physiotherapy that helps infants discharge bronchial secretions which accumulated due to pneumonia.

Conditions

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Traditional chest physiotherapy

Postural drainage: the patient is positioned in postural drainage so that gravity had the maximum effect on the lung segment that needed to be drained, all lung zones are emphasised in positional initiatives for babies. Percussion is the rhythmic striking of the chest wall with cupped hands for 1 to 2 minutes at a time. Vibration is performed by placing fingers on the chest wall over the segment being drained and isometrically contracting the forearm and hand muscles to produce a vibratory motion. Vibration is accomplished either through manual vibratory motion of the therapist's fingers on the infant's chest wall or through the use of a mechanical vibrator ( Foreo vibrator).

PROCEDURE

Prolonged slow expiration technique

The therapist places one hand on the thorax below the suprasternal notch and the other hand over the upper abdomen while the neonate is supine. Both hands will have hypothenar contact with the thorax and abdomen. At the end of the expiratory phase, the therapist places a compression force with both hands. Compression at the end of expiration with hypothenar eminence is kept for 2 or 3 breathing cycles. This technique is repeated several times, with a rest time between applications of about 5 or 10 spontaneous breaths.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cairo University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Elham Salem · Cairo University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Day
Max Age
2 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-04-01
Primary Completion
2023-08-03
Completion
2023-11-17

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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