Randomized trial of physiotherapy and hypertonic saline techniques for sputum induction in asthmatic children and adolescents

CONCLUSION: The physiotherapy sputum collection technique was effective in obtaining viable cells from mucus samples and yielded the same amount of sputum as the gold standard technique (hypertonic saline). In addition, the physiotherapy maneuvers were both safe and useful for sputum induction in asthmatic children and adolescents with well-controlled asthma.
Source: Clinics - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research