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Our hypothesis is that the application of a weighted blanket would not adversely affect comfort levels or oxygenation in nonventilated infants and children with LRTIs.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Method<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A prospective, exploratory interventional pilot study of nonventilated children and infants aged 2 months to 9 years of age admitted to hospital for the management of a LRTI. Comfort and pain scores, vital signs (heart rate [HR], respiratory rate [RR], oxygen saturation, and blood pressure), and electrical impedance tomography (EIT) measurements were captured at baseline, immediately and at 5\u2009min, 10\u2009min, and 30\u2009min after application of the blanket.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Thirty children (median interquartile range [IQR] 8.31 months old [2.46\u201322.27]; 16 [53.30%] males), received the intervention, and were included in the analysis. Just over half of the children recruited were admitted with a clinical diagnosis of pneumonia (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u200917; 56.70%). No adverse events were recorded during the study intervention. Overall, oxygen saturation increased from median (IQR) 97% (91\u2013100) to 100% (93\u2013100) (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.001); COMFORT\u2010B score improved from median (IQR) 13 (6\u201314) to 11 (6\u201316) (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20090.02) from baseline to 30\u2009min postintervention and there was no significant change in the faces, legs, activity, cry, and consolability (FLACC) pain scale.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The application of a weighted blanket in nonventilated infants and children with mild LRTI was well tolerated, with no adverse effects and was associated with improvements in comfort levels and SpO\n                      <jats:sub>2.<\/jats:sub>\n                   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