Safety, tolerability and efficacy of LEGA-Kid ® mechanical percussion device versus conventional chest physiotherapy in children: a randomised, single-blind controlled study.

CONCLUSION: Children receiving either manual or mechanical CPT showed improvements in respiratory distress symptoms with no adverse effects. A combined strategy of nebulised hypertonic saline followed by CPT for LRTI removes airway secretions and results in improvements of moderately severe respiratory distress. The LEGA-Kid mechanical CPT method was superior in reducing RR. PMID: 32480437 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Singapore Medical Journal - June 1, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: Hue YL, Lum LCS, Ahmad SH, Tan SS, Wong SY, Nathan AM, Eg KP, Choon MBMM Tags: Singapore Med J Source Type: research