Chest physical therapy in acute viral bronchiolitis: an updated review.

Respir Care

Department of Pediatrics, Grand Hôpital de Charleroi, Charleroi, Belgium.

Published: September 2013

We describe the various therapies for infant acute viral bronchiolitis and the contradictory results obtained with chest physical therapy. The treatment target is bronchial obstruction, which is a multifactorial phenomenon that includes edema, bronchoconstriction, and increased mucus production, with a clinical grading defined as severe, moderate, or mild. Chest physical therapy is revisited in its various modalities, according to preliminary scoring of the disease.

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