Airway Clearance
Physiotherapy for airway clearance in adults
... different airway clearance techniques have developed independently in different parts of the ...mucus clearance and to provide independence for the ...with airway clearance ...
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Special Articles. Cystic Fibrosis Pulmonary Guidelines: Airway Clearance Therapies
... 3. What is the optimal method of performing each of the ACTs? There are published descriptions for the ap- plications of these therapies, but no studies have demon- strated optimal methods, such as duration or number of ...
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Outcome measures for airway clearance techniques in children with chronic obstructive lung diseases: a systematic review
... of airway clearance related interventions, a number of these clinical and surrogate endpoints are difficult to evaluate, as most studies only investigate short-term effects and the use of a control group ...
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Effect of Minimally Invasive Endotracheal Tube Suctioning on Suction-Related Pain, Airway Clearance and Airway Trauma in intubated Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial
... Methods: In this randomized clinical trial, 64 patients with intubation in the intensive care units (ICUs) of Alzahra Hospital, Is- fahan, Iran, were randomly allocated to minimally invasive endotracheal tube suctioning ...
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Key points. Physiotherapy enhances airway clearance in respiratory diseases associated with hypersecretion.
... training, airway clearance techniques, and breathing retraining have been shown to be effective treatments in a variety of conditions affecting the respiratory ...
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Reinforcement of Airway Clearance by Quake Device Training in Patients with Chronic Bronchitis
... of airway blockage because of the irritation that caused by swelling and inflammation in the airways and excess of mucus production ...an airway clearance technique that is generally performed for ...
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Airway clearance techniques for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (Review)
... Very few studies evaluated the impact of treating patients with airway clearance techniques (ACTs) during acute exacerbations of COPD (AECOPD) on future exacerbations and hospitalisations. Long-term data at ...
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Evidence for physical therapies (airway clearance and physical training) in cystic fibrosis: An overview of five Cochrane systematic reviews $
... (including airway clearance and physical training), which have an overall aim of reducing progression of CF respiratory ...different airway clearance techniques are available, but, in general, ...
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Airway clearance services (ACSs) in Australia for adults with chronic lung conditions: scoping review of publicly available web based information
... review, airway clearance services (ACSs) were defined as ‘A service provided by an individual or specific unit within a health care organisation which provided assessment and individually prescribed treat- ...
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Effectiveness of endotracheal suctioning with normal saline Versus without normal saline on airway clearance among intubated patients at Government Rajaji Hospital, Madurai
... clear airway which will increase the oxygenation and reduce the labor of breathing, the occurrence of hypoxia and respiratory ...the airway is maintained patent by proper endotracheal suctioning the ...
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Timing of hypertonic saline and airway clearance techniques in adults with cystic fibrosis during pulmonary exacerbation: pilot data from a randomised crossover study
... during airway clearance, including maximising the bene- fi ts of the immediate peak in the airway surface liquid volume and reduced treatment ...
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Randomised cross-over trial evaluating the short-term effects of non-invasive ventilation as an adjunct to airway clearance techniques in adults with cystic fibrosis
... of airway clearance techniques (ACTs) available for patients with CF, including breathing methods such as the active cycle of breathing techniques (ACBT) or autogenic drainage (AD), adjuncts such as ...
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Use of mechanical airway clearance devices in the home by people with neuromuscular disorders: effects on health service use and lifestyle benefits
... of airway clearance involved intensive physiotherapy in combination with a ventilator and manually assisted coughing ...positive airway pres- sure to insufflate the lung (via a face mask), followed ...
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Airway clearance techniques used by people with cystic fibrosis in the UK
... in airway clearance because these are time-consuming, effortful and demanding activities to perform ...an airway clearance technique to work optimally [4], and self-reported adherence ...
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Airway clearance techniques used by people with cystic fibrosis in the UK
... in airway clearance because these are time-consuming, effortful and demanding activities to perform ...an airway clearance technique to work optimally [4], and self-reported adherence ...
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Airway Clearance in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
... AIRWAY CLEARANCE AND COUGH-ASSISTING TECHNIQUES Once it has been determined that a patient with DMD has an inadequate cough, he or she would benefit from instituting cough ...
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Personalising airway clearance in chronic lung disease
... The approach to care of the individual patient must be personalised. In clinical practice, more than one ACT may be effective for a patient at a given time in their disease trajectory, and choice of technique may then be ...
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The use of manual hyperinflation in airway clearance
... secretion clearance as a primary outcome measure when studying the effects of MH; and 7) research examining the longer term outcomes of physio- therapy management in intubated patients is needed whilst ...
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The bioavailability and airway clearance of the steroid component of budesonide/formoterol and salmeterol/fluticasone after inhaled administration in patients with COPD and healthy subjects: a randomized controlled trial
... mucociliary clearance is impaired in COPD due to long-term tobacco smoking [19] and the presence of a compensatory cough ...mucociliary clearance compared ...
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Focused airway ultrasound: an armamentarium in future airway management
... Upper airway ultrasound is applicable to patients with distorted anatomy, not easily discernable by traditional methods, besides serving as a useful adjunct peri-intubation; as a pre-intubation screening tool for ...
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