Airway-clearance therapy guidelines and implementation

Respiratory Care

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 733-750

  Lester, Mary K ^a,b   Flume, Patrick A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway clearance guidelines; Airway clearance teaching; Airway clearance therapies; Cystic fibrosis; Secretion removal

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC EXERCISE; BREATHING EXERCISE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG CLEARANCE; LUNG FIBROSIS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MUCUS SECRETION; POSTURAL DRAINAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

EID: 66849099545     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4187/002013209790983205     Document Type: Conference Paper

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