• Gil Sokol, Daphna Vilozni, Ran Hakimi, Moran Lavie, Ifat Sarouk, Bat-El Bar Pediatric Pulmonary Unit and the Cystic Fibrosis National Center, The Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, affiliated with the Sackler Medical School, Tel Aviv , Adi Dagan, Miryam Ofek, and Ori Efrati.
• Pediatric Pulmonary Unit and the Cystic Fibrosis National Center, The Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan, affiliated with the Sackler Medical School, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
• Respir Care. 2015 Dec 1; 60 (12): 1819-25.

BackgroundForced expiration may assist secretion movement by manipulating airway dynamics in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Expiratory resistive breathing via a handheld incentive spirometer has the potential to control the expiratory flow via chosen resistances (1-8 mm) and thereby mobilize secretions and improve lung function. Our objective was to explore the short-term effect of using a resistive-breathing incentive spirometer on lung function in subjects with CF compared with the autogenic drainage technique.MethodsThis was a retrospective study. Subjects with CF performed 30-45 min of either the resistive-breathing incentive spirometer (n = 40) or autogenic drainage (n = 32) technique on separate days. The spirometer encourages the patient to exhale as long as possible while maintaining a low lung volume. The autogenic drainage technique includes repetitive inspiratory and expiratory maneuvers at various tidal breathing magnitudes while exhalation is performed in a sighing manner. Spirometry was performed before and 20-30 min after the therapy.ResultsUse of a resistive-breathing incentive spirometer improved FVC and FEV1 by 5-42% in 26 subjects. The forced expiratory flow during the middle half of the FVC maneuver (FEF25-75%) improved by >20% in 9 (22%) subjects. FVC improved the most in subjects with an FEV1 of 40-60% of predicted. Improvements negatively correlated with baseline percent-of-predicted FVC values provided improvements were above 10% (r(2) = 0.28). Values improved in a single subjects using the autogenic drainage technique.ConclusionsThese 2 techniques may allow lower thoracic pressures and assist in the prevention of central airway collapse. The resistive-breathing incentive spirometer is a self-administered simple method that may aid airway clearance and has the potential to improve lung function as measured by FVC, FEV1, and FEF25-75% in patients with CF.Copyright © 2015 by Daedalus Enterprises.

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