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Case Report

Free-Aspire: A New Device for the Management of Airways Clearance in Patient With Ineffective Cough

by
Luca Bertelli
1,*,
Giovanni Di Nardo
1,
Salvatore Cazzato
1,
Giampaolo Ricci
1 and
Andrea Pession
1
1
Department of Pediatrics, University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Italy
2
Pediatric Gastroenterology Unit, AORN Santobono-Pausilipon, Naples, Italy
3
Department of Mother and Child Health, Salesi Children’s Hospital, Ancona, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Pediatr. Rep. 2017, 9(3), 7270; https://doi.org/10.4081/pr.2017.7270
Submission received: 17 June 2017 / Revised: 17 June 2017 / Accepted: 17 July 2017 / Published: 6 October 2017

Abstract

A 3-year-old girl with Spinal Muscular Atrophy type I presented with a right pneumonia. On physical examination pulmonary auscultation revealed an asymmetry of breath sounds between the 2 hemithoraces, owing to decreased breath sounds in the right hemithorax. Blood tests were normal. The initial working diagnosis was a suspected area of mucus accumulation. A treatment with Free Aspire was started. Within a few days, the girl was discharged with a normal physical examination and X-ray study result. Spinal Muscular Atrophy is a rare neuromuscular disorder characterized by loss of motor neurons and progressive muscle wasting. Cough in these patients result ineffective. Free-Aspire is an electromedical machine for removing bronchoalveolar secretions. The case show that Free Aspire in patients with ineffective cough and impaired removal of secretions is a safe and effective device for the removal of bronchial secretions and could be an another help in the management of airway clearance.
Keywords: Spinal Muscular Atrophy; pneumonia; Free Aspire; ineffective cough Spinal Muscular Atrophy; pneumonia; Free Aspire; ineffective cough

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Bertelli, L.; Di Nardo, G.; Cazzato, S.; Ricci, G.; Pession, A. Free-Aspire: A New Device for the Management of Airways Clearance in Patient With Ineffective Cough. Pediatr. Rep. 2017, 9, 7270. https://doi.org/10.4081/pr.2017.7270

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Bertelli L, Di Nardo G, Cazzato S, Ricci G, Pession A. Free-Aspire: A New Device for the Management of Airways Clearance in Patient With Ineffective Cough. Pediatric Reports. 2017; 9(3):7270. https://doi.org/10.4081/pr.2017.7270

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Bertelli, Luca, Giovanni Di Nardo, Salvatore Cazzato, Giampaolo Ricci, and Andrea Pession. 2017. "Free-Aspire: A New Device for the Management of Airways Clearance in Patient With Ineffective Cough" Pediatric Reports 9, no. 3: 7270. https://doi.org/10.4081/pr.2017.7270

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Bertelli, L., Di Nardo, G., Cazzato, S., Ricci, G., & Pession, A. (2017). Free-Aspire: A New Device for the Management of Airways Clearance in Patient With Ineffective Cough. Pediatric Reports, 9(3), 7270. https://doi.org/10.4081/pr.2017.7270

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