The role of neonatal chest physiotherapy in preventing postextubation atelectasis

We retrospectively assessed atelectasis in 297 postextubation radiographs from 220 babies who underwent ventilation over a 2-year period. All 95 babies in the first year received peri-extubation chest physiotherapy; none of the 125 babies in the second year received chest physiotherapy. There was no...

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Published inThe Journal of pediatrics Vol. 133; no. 2; pp. 269 - 271
Main Authors Bloomfield, Frank H., Teele, Rita L., Voss, Maurice, Knight, David B., Harding, Jane E.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Mosby, Inc 01.08.1998
Elsevier
Mosby-Year Book, Inc
Subjects
Biological and medical sciences
Diseases of the respiratory system
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Intubation, Intratracheal - adverse effects
Male
Medical sciences
Pulmonary Atelectasis - prevention & control
Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects)
Respiratory Therapy
VLBW
PEA
CI
CPT
Human
Lung disease
Radiodiagnosis
Respiratory disease
Treatment efficiency
Lung
Physiotherapy
Respiratory intensive care
Extubation
Incidence
Prevention
Radiography
Newborn
Treatment
Atelectasis
Complication
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Summary:We retrospectively assessed atelectasis in 297 postextubation radiographs from 220 babies who underwent ventilation over a 2-year period. All 95 babies in the first year received peri-extubation chest physiotherapy; none of the 125 babies in the second year received chest physiotherapy. There was no difference in the incidence of postextubation atelectasis between the two groups. (J Pediatr 1998;133:269-71)
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ISSN:0022-3476
1097-6833
DOI:10.1016/S0022-3476(98)70233-1