Manual hyperinflation as an adjuvant therapy in the treatment of children with atelectasis. Case series study.
Case series
Abstract
Objective: To describe the use of manual hyperinflation (MH) as an adjuvant therapy in the treatment of children with atelectasis.
Materials and method: An observational, descriptive, prospective, case-series study was conducted. Subjects aged 28 days–14 years, diagnosed with atelectasis, admitted to the pediatric inpatient ward of the general acute care hospital Mariano and Luciano de la Vega between July 2017 and March 2019, were included in the study. Manual hyperinflation was applied as part of their treatment.
Results: Twenty patients were included in the study, of whom four were eliminated. Atelectasis was resolved in nine patients (56.25% of the sample).
Conclusion: Atelectasis was resolved in nine patients after the treatment of respiratory physiotherapy, using MH as an adjuvant therapy. So far, this is the first study that has described the results of this intervention.
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