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| Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul | OTHER |
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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.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Control | Active Comparator | Non-mandatory request to maintain lateral positioning to improve air exchange, to cough in order to clear secretion, and to perform diaphragmatic and deep breathing, for five minutes, once a day, during hospital stay. |
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| Physiotherapy | Experimental | Physiotherapy: Children younger than 5 years: Manual Thoracic vibration (TV), thoracic compression (TC), positive expiratory pressure (PEP), and forced exhalation with the glottis open ("huffing"). Children aged 5 years or older: same procedures in addition to the ventilatory patterns, and a forced expiratory technique (FET), consisting of one or two "huffs" (forced expirations) followed by a period of relaxed, controlled diaphragmatic breathing, three times per day, for 10 to 12 minutes, during hospital admission. |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Physiotherapy | Other | Physiotherapy: three times per day, for 10 to 12 minutes, during hospital admission |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Santa Casa de Porto Alegre | Posto Alegre | Rio Grande do Sul | 90020-160 | Brazil |
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| ID | Term |
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| D011014 | Pneumonia |
| ID | Term |
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| D012141 | Respiratory Tract Infections |
| D007239 | Infections |
| D008171 | Lung Diseases |
| D012140 | Respiratory Tract Diseases |
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| D026741 | Physical Therapy Modalities |
| D056888 | Patient Positioning |
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| D013812 | Therapeutics |
| D012046 | Rehabilitation |
| D005791 | Patient Care |
| D006296 | Health Services |
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| Positioning and cough | Other | Non-mandatory request to maintain lateral positioning to improve air exchange and cough |
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| D005159 |
| Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services |