The assessment of the peak of reflex cough in subjects with acquired brain injury and tracheostomy and healthy controls

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INTRODUCTION: There is no standard procedure to evaluated the peak of reflex cough flow (PCF-reflex) in the literature, which is important assessment in subjects with acquired brain injury and tracheostomy cannula. The present study aims to investigate the PCF of the reflex cough in a broad sample of healthy controls and, furthermore, the presence and the strength of voluntary and reflex cough in subjects with ABI with tracheostomy cannula.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: We recruited 147 participants including the healthy subjects (n = 105) and acquired brain injury subjects (n = 43), who underwent respiratory assessment: the Tidal Volume, Forced Vital Capacity, PCF of voluntary cough (PCF-voluntary) and PCF-reflex (using a spirometer connected with a nebulizer by a bidirectional).

RESULTS: The PCF-reflex of controls and subjects was significant lower than the PCF-voluntary (P < 0.01). The PCF-voluntary was not assessed in 26 (60.5 %) subjects due to severe cognitive deficit. In subjects without cognitive deficits (n = 17; 39.5 %), it was significantly lower than in healthy controls (p < 0.01). In contrast, the PCF-reflex was completed in all subjects and it was not significantly different from healthy controls. Furthermore, the strength of the PCF-reflex decreased with increasing inhalation numbers of nebulised air.

CONCLUSION: Reflex cough behaviour differs largely from voluntary cough and the PCF results reflect this great discrepancy. PCF-reflex could be useful parameter for assessing the airway protection whereas PCF-voluntary for measuring airway clearance.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

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2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:274

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Respiratory physiology & neurobiology - 274(2020) vom: 20. März, Seite 103356

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Englisch

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Enrichi, Claudia [VerfasserIn]
Zanetti, Cristiano [VerfasserIn]
Gregorio, Caterina [VerfasserIn]
Koch, Isabella [VerfasserIn]
Vio, Agostino [VerfasserIn]
Palmer, Katie [VerfasserIn]
Meneghello, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Piccione, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Battel, Irene [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 12.04.2021

Date Revised 12.04.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1016/j.resp.2019.103356

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NLM304989401