NCT01756742

Effects of Respiratory Physiotherapy on Pleural Effusion

Effectiveness of a Program of Respiratory Physiotherapy on Pleural Effusion: a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 112 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidad de Granada · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Pleural effusion and the complexity of diagnosis and treatment make planning and delivering care challenging. Respiratory physiotherapy is recommended, and should be applied during the first weeks of treatment.The aim of the present study is to demonstrate the effectiveness of a respiratory physiotherapy protocol in patients with Pleural Effusion who attended a University Hospital.

Detailed description

Approximately 1.5 million patients are diagnosed with pleural effusion each year in the United States . Pleural effusion (PE) is an accumulation of fluid in the pleural space that is classified as transudate or exudate according to its composition and underlying pathophysiology. The goal in the management of pleural effusion is to provide symptomatic relief by removing fluid from the pleural space and to allow the treatment of the underlying disease. While some authors (REF) propose respiratory physiotherapy, in the majority of the cases only the medical treatment combined with the pleural fluid removal by thoracentesis are the most common practice. The objective of this study is verify the effectiveness of respiratory physiotherapy in pleural effusion

Conditions

• Pleural Effusion

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Respiratory physiotherapy	The respiratory physiotherapy intervention included: * Mobilisation techniques: limb exercises (passive, active assisted, or active resisted) * Chest physiotherapy: it included a Controlled breathing program, pursed lips breathing (PLB), active expiration and incentive spirometry.
OTHER	Conservative treatment	Conservative medical treatment intervention for pleural effusion.

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-02-01
• Primary completion: 2011-01-01
• Completion: 2012-03-01
• First posted: 2012-12-27
• Last updated: 2012-12-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain