Nasal Bubble Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in Reducing Respiratory Distress in Children With Bronchiolitis

ameer asadullah gull

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; Bronchiolitis; Bronchiolitis Acute; Bronchiolitis, Viral; Bronchiolitis Acute Viral

Treatments: Device: nasal continuous positive airway pressure

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04989114

704/RC/KEMU

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is designed to assess the effectiveness of nasal continuous positive airway pressure in reducing respiratory distress in children with bronchiolitis

Full description

In this study, after taking consent from caretakers, patients of brochiolitis will be randomly assigned to either a standard care group or a nasal continuous positive airway pressure group. Both groups will be followed for respiratory distress. Respiratory distress will be compared by using Seattle sore of respiratory distress.

Enrollment: 96 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 2 months to 2 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children presenting with history of cough, and tachypnea and wheezing on clinical examination

Exclusion criteria

• Patients needing mechanical ventilation at the time of admission
• Patients whose caretakers refuse written informed consent
• Patients having consolidation on chest X-Ray

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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96 participants in 2 patient groups

standard care

No Intervention group

Description:

In this arm, oxygen inhalation will be provided without positive end expiratory pressure

nasal continuous positive airway pressure

Experimental group

Description:

In this arm, positive end expiratory pressure will be provided by nasal continuous positive airway pressure

Treatment:

Device: nasal continuous positive airway pressure