Disease relevance of Drainage, Postural

• There is controversy about the need for postural drainage physiotherapy in asymptomatic infants with cystic fibrosis (CF) [1].
• A questionnaire survey was conducted to identify attitudes and practices of senior cardiopulmonary physiotherapists (SCPP) and "other" physiotherapists (OP) regarding modified and head-down postural drainage (HDPD) when heart disease is present [2].

High impact information on Drainage, Postural

• Chest physiotherapy, consisting of postural drainage, percussion and vibration, was given concurrently with intermittent positive-pressure breathing with use of racemic epinephrine every four hours [3].
• These were: control, with the patient resting in an upright position; chest physiotherapy, by the forced expiration technique with postural drainage; and chest physiotherapy following five minutes' inhalation of either nebulised normal saline or nebulised terbutaline 5 mg [4].
• Therapy with expectorants, postural drainage, chest physiotherapy, and theophylline is not recommended [5].
• Procedures for pulmonary toilet (i.e., endotracheal suctioning, postural drainage, and bronchoscopy) were performed without deleterious ICP increases or mean arterial pressure or cerebral perfusion pressure decreases during remifentanil infusions [6].
• Despite administration of nebulized salbutamol, postural drainage, and the use of rigid and fibreoptic bronchoscopes, attempted removal of the butterfly remained unsuccessful [7].

Biological context of Drainage, Postural

• We aimed to compare the effectiveness of standard postural drainage chest physiotherapy (SPT) with a modified physiotherapy regimen without head-down tilt (MPT) in young infants with CF [1].

Associations of Drainage, Postural with chemical compounds

• Preoperative management included aggressive chest physiotherapy and postural drainage, rigid bronchoscopic lavage, and broad-spectrum parenteral antibiotics [8].

Gene context of Drainage, Postural

• Postural drainage, percussion, and vibration (PDPV) have been the primary airway clearance technique (ACT) employed in CF for over 40 years [9].
• In seven patients the mean FEV declined from 1.38 litres plus or minus 0.39 to 1.25 litres plus or minus 0.37 after postural drainage and percussion (P less than 0.001) [10].
• We compared standard chest physical therapy and postural drainage (CPT/PD) with a new airway clearance therapy called high-frequency chest wall oscillation (HFCWO) in a group of stable cystic fibrosis (CF) patients [11].
• AIMS: To compare standard postural drainage chest physiotherapy (SPT) and a modified physiotherapy regimen (MPT) without head-down tilt, with regard to GOR, arousal state, and cardiorespiratory function [12].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Drainage, Postural

• Detailed pulmonary function tests were performed on 12 patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) before and after 3 days treatment with postural drainage incorporating the forced expiration technique [13].

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