Monitoring of Regional Ventilation Distribution Using Electrical Impedance Tomography in Pediatric Patients With Chest Physiotherapy-A Feasibility Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Current evidence remains unclear whether pediatric patients with acute or chronic lung diseases benefit from chest physiotherapy (CPT) during spontaneous breathing. Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) offers the opportunity to assess treatment effects of CPT on regional ventilation distribution.

Methods

We conducted a prospective feasibility study between 10/2023 and 05/2024. Pediatric patients with need for active or passive CPT were screened. EIT measurements were performed immediately before CPT intervention (T1), and within 30 min after CPT intervention (T2).

Results

Overall, 25 patients were enrolled, with two patients enrolled twice at different admissions, resulting in a total of 54 EIT-measurements. The mean horizontal center of ventilation (CoVx)

SUBMITTER: Moersdorf J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11863537 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature