| VIENNA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
PAEDIATRIC AND YOUTH HOSPITAL
EFFICIENCY TEST OF THE BABY
VAC FOR COLD TREATMENT
Professor Dr. Arnold Pollak
Professor Dr. Dieter Koller
May 2005
Summary of the Baby Vac’s performance
- The child and his parents feel better
- The child breathes more easily
- The child can sleep much better
- The child drinks and eats more
- The parents are more relaxed
- Suitable for children aged 0 to 6 years
- A simple and easy-to-use device
- A vacuum cleaner (between 800 watts and 1500 watts) and
a nose suction pipe combined
for gentle nasal cleaning
Preliminary Result 1
The Baby Vac is as efficient a cold treatment as the classical
therapy.
Question 1: How does the child's nose get obstructed?
With the Baby Vac / Without the Baby Vac
General feeling: 0 on a scale from 0 to 10
10 = very bad, 0 = very good
Preliminary Result 2
The Baby Vac greatly improves liquid intake. Children who
use the device feel much better.
Question 2: The child's liquid intake habits
General feeling: 0 on a scale from 0 to 10
10 = very bad, 0 = very good
Preliminary Result 3
Children using the Baby Vac can sleep much better.
Question 3: The child's sleeping habits
General feeling: 0 on a scale from 0 to 10
10 = very bad, 0 = very good
Test Data
Test period: February and March 2005
Institution and officials in charge: Paediatric
and Youth Hospital, Professor Dr. Arnold Pollak and Professor
Dr. Dieter Koller
Subjects: 31 children aged 1 month to 12
months (representative sampling for the group aged 0 to 6
years)
15 children received standard treatment (Otrisal administered
6 times a day)
16 children treated with the Baby Vac in addition to specialist
treatment (nasal secretion extracted 4 to 5 times a day)
Observation period: 5 days
Scale: Visual Analogue Scale from 0 to 10
cm (10 = very bad, 0 = very good)
1. Test Methodology
The test was performed by Professor Dr. Arnold Pollak and
Professor Dr. Dieter Koller at the Paediatric and Youth Hospital
in February and March 2005. The test was aimed to assess the
way in which the new Baby Vac distributed in Austria would
perform concerning children's cold. The course of the cold
was observed in a total of 32 children aged 1 month to 12
months. The questionnaire was returned by 31 parents (97%).
The physicians applied the classical treatment, i.e. they
administered Otrisal 6 times a day to each child. In the case
of 16 children (50% of the patients) they prescribed for parents
the use of the Baby Vac 4 to 5 times a day. The questionnaire
included the following items:
How did your child's nose get stopped?
Does your child drink well?
Does your child sleep well?
For answer evaluation purposes the 0 to 10 cm Visual Analogue
Scale was used, '10' meaning very bad and '0' being very good.
The research report indicates average values for two groups:
"with the Baby Vac" and "without the Baby Vac".
The observation period lasted 5 days. On Day 1 a question
was asked about the subjects' condition, and then this was
repeated 2 and 5 days later.
2. Results
The observation period yielded the following results:
Question 1: How did your child's nose get stopped?
Without therapy / with therapy
Without the Baby Vac / with the Baby Vac
As had been expected, nasal obstruction was curable with
increasing ease during the observation period. No material
difference was identified between both therapies. The Baby
Vac proved to be as efficient in the treatment of cold as
the classical therapy.
Note, however, that whenever babies and toddlers catch a
cold, it is vital to remove their nasal secretion on a continuous
basis to prevent any further diseases and complications. Since
the observation period was limited to 5 days, there was no
way to find out about long-term performance. Yet, it is right
to suggest that the use of the Baby Vac and keeping the nose
unobstructed may reduce long-term adverse effects.
2.2. The child's drinking habits
The observation period yielded the following results:
Question 2: The child's drinking habits
Without therapy / with therapy
Without the Baby Vac / with the Baby Vac
As is well-known, babies with an obstructed nose find it
harder to breathe through the mouth. Since babies must breathe
while drinking, nasal obstruction may largely affect their
drinking. Consequently, a question was asked to find out about
the children's drinking habits, general feeling, and free
nasal breathing.
In this respect the performance of the Baby Vac was found
to be clearly positive. On Day 1 the average drinking habit
ranked 5 on a scale of 10. As early as the beginning of therapy
the Baby Vac group showed clearly better drinking habits.
By Day 3 this group had nearly attained 1 on a scale of 10
while the control group only attained that value 2 days later.
On Day 5 the Baby Vac group attained 0, the highest value.
This clearly demonstrates that the test group drank much
better. In conclusion, these children feel better because
of their unobstructed noses.
2.3. The children's sleeping habits
The observation period yielded the following results:
Question 3: The child's sleeping habits
Without therapy / with therapy
Without the Baby Vac / with the Baby Vac
Changes in children's sleeping habits were taken as a sign
of improved breathing and general feeling because children
normally sleep worse with breathing difficulties, and that
is also responsible for parents' discomfort.
Once again the Baby Vac performed much better than the classical
treatment. On Day 1 both groups complained about children's
bad sleep (scoring 8 on a scale of 10). As soon as Day 2 the
test group's sleeping exceeded the average (scoring 4 on a
scale of 10), and continued to improve up until Day 5, when
it scored 1.
In this case, too, the control group only showed a slow improvement
and reached 4 only 2 days later than the test group.
In summary, children slept better after using the Baby Vac.
3. Summary
The research report clearly points to the conclusion that
the Baby Vac has a positive effect on the treatment of children's
cold. In general, children's breathing is improved after nasal
secretion has been removed and their nostrils have become
unobstructed. In addition, children drink much more and sleep
better. Ultimately, this has a positive effect on parents'
comfort.
The Baby Vac improves breathing and the general feeling and
prevents any further diseases.
The device is handy and comfortable for parents and highly
efficient. The combination of vacuum cleaner and nose extractor
is excellent in nasal cleaning.
The device is particularly suitable for the treatment of
children aged 0 to 6 years and even premature babies once
discharged from hospital.
Based on the test results we can recommend this device for
use in hospitals, surgeries and at home as a supplement to
specialist treatment.
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