ReviewFrontiers in medicine2021
Airway Clearance Techniques: The Right Choice for the Right Patient.
Review in Frontiers in medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 46 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
46 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- European stroke organisation guideline on stroke-associated pneumonia.European stroke journal · 2026Guideline
- Systematic review and meta‑analysis of factors predicting postoperative lung function after lung cancer resection.Wideochirurgia i inne techniki maloinwazyjne = Videosurgery and other miniinvasive techniques · 2024Pooled it
- Catalase: A Potential Pharmacologic Target for Hydrogen Peroxide in the Treatment of COVID-19.Current topics in medicinal chemistry · 2024Pooled it
- The Effectiveness of Nursing Rehabilitation Interventions on Self-Care for Older Adults with Respiratory Disorders: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Efficacy of Physiotherapy Interventions on Weaning in Mechanically Ventilated Critically Ill Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Pooled it
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- Exploring Exercise as Airway Clearance in Cystic Fibrosis: A Qualitative Study From the ExACT-CF Feasibility Trial.Pediatric pulmonology · 2026Trial
- Electrical Impedance Tomography-Guided Airway Clearance in Elderly Patients With Severe Pneumonia: A Prospective Study.The clinical respiratory journal · 2025Trial
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- Key principles for rehabilitation of critically ill patients with obesity.Intensive care medicine · 2026Review
- Patient, family member and healthcare professionals' experiences of physiotherapy airway clearance techniques during hospital admission: a scoping review.ERJ open research · 2026Article
- Airway Clearance and Pediatric Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia: A Clinical Framework for Children and Adolescents.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Physiotherapy in Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia-What Is the Evidence?: A Narrative Review and Personal Experience.Pediatric pulmonology · 2026Review
- Practice of airway clearance in critically ill patients: a cross-sectional survey of respiratory therapists and physiotherapists in China.Journal of thoracic disease · 2026Article
- Multidisciplinary and stratified non-pharmacological airway clearance intervention to prevent stroke-associated pneumonia: a quasi-experimental study.European clinical respiratory journal · 2026Article
- High-frequency oscillation improves mucus clearance and airway resistance in mechanically ventilated patients: a randomized clinical trial.Annals of intensive care · 2026Article
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- Review
- The history of pulmonary rehabilitation: learning from the past to shape a brighter future.Breathe (Sheffield, England) · 2025Review
- Outcomes and measures in studies of techniques to promote secretion clearance in individuals with neuromuscular conditions: a scoping review.ERJ open research · 2025Review
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9 authors.
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Abstract
The management of bronchial secretions is one of the main problems encountered in a wide spectrum of medical conditions ranging from respiratory disorders, neuromuscular disorders and patients undergoing either thoracic or abdominal surgery. The purpose of this review is illustrate to the reader the different ACTs currently available and the related evidence present in literature. Alongside methods with a strong background behind as postural drainage, manual techniques or PEP systems, the current orientation is increasingly aimed at devices that can mobilize and / or remove secretions. Cough Assist, Vacuum Techniques, systems that modulate airflow have more and more scientific evidence. Different principles combination is a new field of investigation that goes toward an increasing of clinical complexity that will facing us.
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