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. 2023 Apr 3;2023(4):CD004873. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004873.pub6

NCT03738501.

Study name Slow expiratory technique to improve alimentation in children with bronchiolitis (BRONCHIOL‐EAT)
Methods Randomised clinical trial with parallel assignment and triple masking (participant, investigator, outcomes assessor)
Participants 42 children under 12 months hospitalised for bronchiolitis, with a chest physiotherapy prescription, and bronchial obstruction confirmed by physician and respiratory physiotherapist
Interventions Group 1: chest physiotherapy where airway clearance technique is slow expiratory technique. Experimental group will also benefit for standard medical and non‐pharmacological care (e.g. standard treatment).
Group 2: standard treatment: medical treatment, health education for parents, rhinopharyngeal clearance using isotonic saline solution, advices
Outcomes
  1. Food ingestion

  2. Sleep quality

  3. Oxygen saturation

  4. Respiratory rate

  5. Heart rate

  6. Respiratory distress

Starting date 13 November 2018
Contact information Yann Combret, PT, MSc
+33786952577
yann.combret@gmail.com
Notes clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03738501