Background Acute bronchiolitis is the leading cause of medical emergencies during winter
months in infants younger than 24 months old. Chest physiotherapy is sometimes used to …

Background Pneumonia is a lung infection that causes more deaths in children aged under
five years than any other single cause. Chest physiotherapy is widely used as adjuvant …

Background Acute bronchiolitis treatment in children and infants is largely supportive, but
chest physiotherapy is routinely performed in some countries. In France, national guidelines …

Background Chest physiotherapy (CPT) has been used in many neonatal nurseries around
the world to improve airway clearance and treat lung collapse; however, the evidence to …

Chest physiotherapy (CP) using passive expiratory manoeuvres is widely used in Western
Europe for the treatment of bronchiolitis, despite lacking evidence for its efficacy. We …

OBJECTIVE: A network meta-analysis to compare the effectiveness of common treatments
for bronchiolitis in children aged≤ 2 years. DATA SOURCES: Medline, Embase, Cochrane …

Background: Viral bronchiolitis is the leading cause of respiratory failure among infants in
the United States. Currently, the mainstay of treatment is supportive care. The effectiveness …

Background Acute bronchiolitis is one of the most frequent causes of emergency department
visits and hospitalisation in children up to three years of age. There is no specific treatment …

Background Chest physiotherapy has been used to clear secretions and help lung
ventilation in newborns who have needed mechanical ventilation for respiratory problems …

Acute bronchiolitis refers to airway inflammation and obstruction of the lower respiratory tract
and is caused almost exclusively by viral infection in children younger than 2 years …