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Long-term Use of Intrapulmonary Percussive Ventilation for Preventing Hospitalizations Due to Respiratory Decompensation in Children With Multiple Disabilities

Chronic respiratory failure is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children with multiple disabilities. Musculoskeletal disorders, swallowing disorders and ventilatory control abnormalities lead to progressive respiratory impairment, causing episodes of respiratory decompensation (RD). These are the leading cause of mortality (50 to 80%, average age of death: 21 years) and the cause of repeated hospitalizations. Respiratory care for these children is therefore a major challenge. In respiratory physiotherapy, this can be achieved through manual techniques and/or instrumental techniques such as intrapulmonary percussive ventilation (IPV), which is particularly useful in this population because it does not require active cooperation. The main objective of this study is to evaluate, in children with multiple disabilities, the effectiveness at 18 months of using an IPV at home and by carers, combined with standard respiratory physiotherapy, compared with manual respiratory physiotherapy alone.This is a multicenter, randomized controlled superiority trial with two parallel groups. All centers will recruit children aged 1 to 16 with multiple disabilities, during hospitalization with respiratory decompensation (RD). After consent has been signed by the parents or legal guardians, the patient will be randomized into one of the two study groups: * Control group: manual respiratory physiotherapy. * Intervention group: intrapulmonary Percussive Ventilation (IPV)