title: Intervention for ineffective airway clearance in asthmatic children: a controlled and randomized clinical trial.
abstract: This study aimed to analyse the effectiveness of an intervention for the nursing diagnosis of ineffective airway clearance in asthmatic children. A blinded, randomized and controlled clinical trial was developed in a paediatric hospital located on northeast of Brazil with 42 asthmatic children aged ≤ 36 months. The children were randomly divided into two groups (intervention and control) by means of a simple drawing. The applied intervention included actions related to change of positioning and stimulation of cough. The main findings of this study show that before the intervention, no significant difference was observed in the health status of the children. After the intervention, the indicators of choking (16.83 vs. 26.17, P = 0.007) and adventitious breath sounds (16.4 vs. 26.6, P = 0.005) were higher, on average, in the intervention group. It was observed an improvement in obstructive symptoms in children who received the intervention proposed.
authors: Nursing Department, Federal University of Piauí, Picos, Piauí, Brazil.
authors: Luisa Helena de Oliveira
authors: LH
authors: Lima
authors: Marcos Venícios de Oliveira
authors: MV
authors: Lopes
authors: Rita Tomás de Souza
authors: RT
authors: Falcão
authors: Rebeca Miranda Rocha
authors: RM
authors: Freitas
authors: Talita Ferreira
authors: TF
authors: Oliveira
authors: Maria da Conceição Cavalcante
authors: Mda C
authors: da Costa
mesh_terms: D058109:Airway Management; D001249:Asthma / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male