Clinical Trial: Variation of Atelectasis Score After High-frequency Percussions in Severe Acquired Brain Injury
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Condition:
Atelectasis
Acquired Brain Injury
Respiratory Rehabilitation
Study Type: Observational
Official Title: Short-term Variation of Atelectasis Score After High-frequency Percussions in Patients With Severe Acquired Brain Injury: a Retrospective Cohort Study.
Brief Summary:
Investigators conduced in the Neurological Rehabilitation Unit of the IRCCS "S.Maria Nascente - Fondazione Don Gnocchi", (Milan) a retrospective study on 19 patients hospitalized between September 2018 and February 2021, with the aim of comparing the efficacy of the two devices, MetaNeb® and Intrapulmonary Percussion Ventilation (IPV®).The efficacy was evaluated considering the change of various measures after two weeks of treatment. The main outcome considered is the atelectasis score, assigned by two…
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