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Airway clearance techniques compared to no airway clearance techniques for cystic fibrosis [PDF]
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2023 Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an inherited progressive life-limiting disease characterised by the build-up of abnormally thick, sticky mucus affecting mostly the lungs, pancreas, and digestive system. Airway clearance techniques (ACTs), traditionally referred to as chest physiotherapy, are recommended as part of a complex treatment programme for people with ...
Louise, Warnock, Alison, Gates
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Airway clearance modalities in neuromuscular disease
Paediatric Respiratory Reviews, 2010Airway clearance consists of two linked processes: mucociliary clearance and cough clearance. Patients with neuromuscular weakness are at risk for impaired cough clearance and therefore the development of pneumonia and atelectasis. Aiding airway clearance in the patient with neuromuscular weakness is critical to the maintenance of health and the ...
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Airway Clearance in Tracheomalacia
Seminars in Pediatric Surgery, 2021Airway clearance is an essential part of airway maintenance to ensure the airway lumen is protected against particulate and infectious insults. The mechanisms involved in airway clearance include intrinsic structural and cellular components that can be impaired or inhibited through developmental defects and surgical interventions.
Aodhnait S, Fahy, Priscilla P L, Chiu
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Airway Clearance and Mucoactive Therapies
Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2021AbstractThe respiratory system is constantly exposed to external pathogens but has different and effective defense systems. The pathophysiology of bronchiectasis affects the defense system considerably in that alterations occur in the airway that reduce its effectiveness in mucociliary clearance and the greater presence of mucins leads to the ...
Gerard, Muñoz Castro +1 more
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Ineffective Airway Clearance Related to Artificial Airway
Nursing Clinics of North America, 1987Ineffective airway clearance occurs when an artificial airway is used because normal mucociliary transport mechanisms are bypassed and impaired. Nursing assessment and intervention are the keys to maintaining airway patency in the patient with an artificial airway in place. The assessment of breath sounds is critical to making a valid clinical judgment
M E, Shekleton, M, Nield
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Nasal Airway Clearance for Bronchiolitis
MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing, 2018Abstract Bronchiolitis is a leading cause of emergency department visits and hospitalization in the first year of life with estimated costs to the healthcare system in the United States of $1.73 billion annually. The highest rates of admission occur in the first 3 to 6 months of life.
Casey L, Norris +3 more
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Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2003
The airways of the patient with cystic fibrosis (CF) are chronically infected. There is excess mucus within the airways and, because of the chronic infection, the mucus also contains bacteria and inflammatory cells. Mucociliary clearance is impaired in patients with CF, and patients become dependent upon cough and other techniques to clear their ...
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The airways of the patient with cystic fibrosis (CF) are chronically infected. There is excess mucus within the airways and, because of the chronic infection, the mucus also contains bacteria and inflammatory cells. Mucociliary clearance is impaired in patients with CF, and patients become dependent upon cough and other techniques to clear their ...
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Nucleotide-Mediated Airway Clearance
2011A thin layer of airway surface liquid (ASL) lines the entire surface of the lung and is the first point of contact between the lung and the environment. Surfactants contained within this layer are secreted in the alveolar region and are required to maintain a low surface tension and to prevent alveolar collapse.
Andreas, Schmid +6 more
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2020
Airway clearance is an important mainstay of CF therapy. Ideally it includes two arms: mucolytic agents and airway clearance techniques (ACTs). Aerosolized recombinant human DNase (RhDNase, dornase alfa) is the most widely used mucolytic agent. It decreases sputum viscosity and should be considered in all CF patients ages 6 and older to help reduce ...
Dee Ann Bragg, Douglas Lewis
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Airway clearance is an important mainstay of CF therapy. Ideally it includes two arms: mucolytic agents and airway clearance techniques (ACTs). Aerosolized recombinant human DNase (RhDNase, dornase alfa) is the most widely used mucolytic agent. It decreases sputum viscosity and should be considered in all CF patients ages 6 and older to help reduce ...
Dee Ann Bragg, Douglas Lewis
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Making airway clearance successful
Paediatric Respiratory Reviews, 2007Airway clearance therapy (ACT) requires a substantial time, effort and resource commitment on the part of families and patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Lack of compliance with caregiver recommendations and adherence to a proposed therapeutic plan occurs more than 50% of the time with ACT and is particularly common in adolescents.
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