Yoshie Shigeyasu, Ayumi Okada, Chikako Fujii, Chie Tanaka, Akiko Sugihara, Makiko Horiuchi, Takashi Yorifuji, Hirokazu Tsukahara
Quality of life and physical/psychosocial factors in children and adolescents with orthostatic intolerance
BioPsychoSocial medicine
purpose study identify key clinical indicators ineffective breathing pattern among paediatric patients nurses perform clinical reasoning certain characteristics represent clinical indicators necessary confirm presence particular diagnosis quantitative studies reported prevalence ineffective breathing pattern different samples patients however findings synthesised metaanalysis quantitative nursing studies studies identified via systematic searches cinahl lilacs pubmed scopus using key search terms ineffective breathing pattern additional qualityrelated inclusion criteria gleaned cochrane collaboration systematic reviews diagnostic test accuracy standards reporting diagnostic accuracy quality assessment diagnostic accuracy studies pertinent results study extracted analysed via metaanalysis six studies using paediatric populations met inclusion criteria summary measures indicated following defining characteristics highest accuracy values ineffective breathing pattern among children bradypnoea dyspnoea nasal flaring orthopnoea tachypnoea use accessory muscles breathe metaanalysis provides information regarding accuracy clinical indicators ineffective breathing pattern studies sampling diverse paediatric populations nurses better use clinical indicators infer presence ineffective breathing pattern aware relevant defining characteristics nursing students professionals also improve critical thinking abilities diagnostic reasoning based findings