Help me in Chest Physiotherapy

[junior_physiotherapist]

hi all,
thanks to all previouse inputs...
u have to remember a very important item which is if his/her cultures showed negative or positive , and if not it yet ready may u have to look at his sputum!!,as you being suseptable to source of infection,u have to know too if there is cardiac problems don't make some methods of adjusting hight of his bed as that method or other may increases internal cranial pressure!!

of course there may be others...
all best

[alinguyen]

there is evidence out there, especially for the treatment of children with cystic fibrosis, mainly evidence in the form of 'conventional physio' versus 'no physio' or one physio technique versus other techniques (check out: Main et al 2005 - Conventional Chest physiotherapy compared with Other Airway Clearance Techniques for Cystic Fibrosis). you'll find evidence in the form of systematic reviews, but overall, I remember the findings are something like 'chest physio is better than no chest physio, although there is no particular technique which is most beneficial' - there isn't however, much evidence based upon the effectiveness of techniques in the treatment of adults as you can imagine why.