Turkish Journal of Health Science and Life

Yazarlar: Şehnaz KAYA, Zeynep ÖZER

Konular:Sağlık Bilimleri ve Hizmetleri

Anahtar Kelimeler:COPD,Humidification,Steam,Water vapor,Moisture

Özet: ABSTRACT  Introduction Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) requires long-term oxygen use. Active humidification is required in patients receiving oxygen above 4 L/min to protect the mucosa. Aim The aim is to investigate the effect of vapor/humidification on the rehabilitation of adult, spontaneous breathing patients with COPD. Method The study is organized according to PRISMA-P standards. CINAHL, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, PUBMED, Science Direct databases were scanned from beginning to 27.12.2018 in English terms without language limitation. As Cochrane MeSH terms; ‘COPD’, ‘steam’, ’COPD and steam,’ COPD and humidification ‘,’ COPD and water vapor’, ’COPD and moisture‘, ’COPD and high flow oxygen therapy’ were used. 10963 articles have been reached. Repeated studies were conducted with the Mendeley program. Randomized, case-control studies were performed to evaluate. Inclusion criteria were patients who were older than 18 years of age, with COPD diagnosis, spontaneous respiration, the intervention of steam/humidification. Results 83 articles were examined in detail and four studies were included. Chatila et al. (2004) suggest that high-flow heat-moisture therapy improves exercise performance and oxygenation; Rea et al. (2010), the positive effects of long-term heat-moisture therapy; Francini et al. (2015), low-flow cold steam/humidification is useless; Cirio et al. (2016) showed that heat-moisture therapy during exercise increases exercise time and tolerance. Conclusion According to the findings; adult patients with COPD who had in long or short term hot water vapor have positive effects on respiratory function and mucosal activity in the case of exercise or resting.

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