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Study aim
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Comparison the effect of applying “expiratory rib cage compression” and “manual percussion” before suction on respiratory parameters in patients under mechanical ventilation
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Design
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Randomized cross-over Clinical Trials, with A and B intervention groups will be performed on 46 patients.The letter A is written on 23 cards and the letter B on the other 23 cards. One of these two cards is randomly selected for each patient. Patients with card A enter Group A and patients with card B enter Group B.
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Settings and conduct
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The intensive care units of Kowsar Hospital will be used as a research environment. Both interventions will be performed by the researcher on the same day with an interval of 3 hours (to neutralize the previous intervention) and changes in study variables will be evaluated and recorded in the 4 interval before, 1,5, 25 minutes after endotracheal suctioning.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria: intubated patients under mechanical ventilation for at least 48 h, not needing more than 2 times suction per shift, patients with stable hemodynamic parameters, reversible gastric secretion less than 100 ml before Intervention, aged 18 to 65 years
Exclusion criteria: Respiratory distress, pneumothorax and Fractures of ribs, sternum and chest، chest burns and surgery, dysrhytmia and heart disease, Abscess and lung cyst.
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Intervention groups
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Intervention Group A: First, the Manual percussion and then the expiratory rib cage compression will be performed.
Intervention Group B: First, the expiratory rib cage compression and then Manual percussion will be performed.
Both interventions will be performed by the researcher in one day, observing a time interval of 3 hours (to neutralize the previous intervention).
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Main outcome variables
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End tidal CO2 (ET-CO2), arterial oxygen saturation, respiratory rate, pulmonary Compliance and airway resistance